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Jo Labanyi. Spanish Culture from Romanticism to the Present: Structures of Feeling. Legenda, 2019.
Review of Jo Labanyi. Spanish Culture from Romanticism to the Present: Structures of Feeling. Legenda, 2019. 349 pp
From the Thesis Novel to the Crisis Novel: Pedro Antonio de Alarc贸n鈥檚 El esc谩ndalo (1875) and Homosexuality
La novela El esc谩ndalo de Pedro Antonio de Alarc贸n (1875) presenta la historia de un joven arist贸crata desheredado, en su trayectoria de una vida disoluta鈥攎arcada sobre todo por una intensa relaci贸n rayana en la homosexualidad con su amigo Diego--a la recuperaci贸n de t铆tulo, fortuna y reputaci贸n a trav茅s del matrimonio con la joven Gabriela, todo bajo el consejo del jesuita P. Manrique. Aunque la novela se ha visto insistentemente como ficci贸n religiosa conservadora, aqu铆 se plantea su lectura a trav茅s de las connotaciones morales y jur铆dicas del concepto de esc谩ndalo en la Espa帽a del siglo xix. Vista de esta forma, la obra puede considerarse una reflexi贸n sobre la aparici贸n de la heterosexualidad obligatoria en una sociedad en transici贸n de la noci贸n de sodom铆a a una identidad homosexual esencializada. As铆, ser铆a uno de los poqu铆simos textos del xix espa帽ol que da cuenta de las reacciones provocadas por esta historia cultural.El esc谩ndalo (1875), by Pedro Antonio de Alarc贸n, tells the story of a disowned young aristocrat鈥檚 trajectory from a life of dissolution鈥攎arked especially by the intense relationship with his friend Diego, bordering on the homosexual鈥攖o the recovery of his title, fortune, and reputation through marriage to the young Gabriela, all under the guidance of the Jesuit P. Manrique. Although the novel has long been seen as a conservative religious fiction, this essay suggests a reading centered around the moral and juridical connotations of the notion of scandal in nineteenth-century Spain. Viewed through this lens, the text can be considered a reflection on emerging mandatory heterosexuality, in a society transitioning from the notion of sodomy to an essentialized homosexual identity. Thus, the text becomes a rare document of reactions provoked by this cultural history in Spain