Transatlantic Correspondence: Modernity, Epistolarity, and Literature in Spain and Spanish America, 1898--1992, VENEGAS, JOSE LUIS

Each chapter frames literary works by authors from both sides of the Atlantic within key historical events spanning the loss of Spains overseas possessions in 1898 to the commemoration of Columbuss quincentennial in 1992. This broad range of historical reference is counterpointed by the nuanced examination of a single formal feature in a wide variety of canonical and non-canonical texts. Drawing on insights from postcolonial studies, the book addresses the link between historical transformations that traverse decades and continents and specific stylistic choices in order to foster an understanding of Hispanic literary and cultural studies that is not limited by categories such as movement, generation, and national literature.