Juan Ramón Jiménez’s Reading of Edgar Allan Poe as a Source for a Cosmopolitan Modernismo

The article explores Juan Ramón Jiménez’s attempt to be a member of the international Modernist generation. For such purpose he rearranges his poetry and the influences that were fundamental throughout his career. By claiming himself a member of the Modernist group, he has to redefine Spanish and Spanish American modernism as a movement that has international roots, Poe being one of them. The article analyzes Jiménez’s critical essays Alerta and El Modernism: Apuntes de un curso in which he explores the connections of the Spanish modernism to Modernism, creating a “modernismo” that is Jiménez’s own blend of the two

Anthologies as Tools of Literary Hospitality: The Case of Edgar Allan Poe in Spain (1850–1936)

Producción CientíficaPublished with license by Koninklijke Brill nvThis article examines the presence of Poe’s fiction in Spain, focusing on the reception of his anthologized short stories in the second half of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century, and taking this as a case of literary hospitality that helped to develop the fantasy genre in the country. In the early decades of publication, collections of Poe’s short stories were generally introduced into Spain as translations of anthologies of Baudelaire’s French versions. These anthologies appealed to a broad readership and sold well, being published by both large, professional houses and smaller, family-run presses. Poe came to form part of the literary canon that was being shaped in the final decades of the nineteenth century in Spain, and was thus published alongside major literary figures, which attests to the kind of literary hospitality he enjoyed in Spain’s cultural world in the decades following his introduction into the country.Universidad de Almería. Project CEI PatrimonioMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación. Agencia Estatal de Investigación (PID2019-108754GB-100” (10.13039/501100011033

Eliot romántico: la recepción de T.S. Eliot en España en la segunda mitad del siglo xx

El artículo analiza cómo tres autores españoles: José Ángel Valente, Andrés Sánchez Robayna y Antonio Colinas, han interpretado la obra de T.S. Eliot. Para estos poetas Eliot fue un revulsivo en la poesía de comienzos del siglo xx, pero, en contra de la idea más extendida según la cual Eliot era un autor vanguardista que rechazaba la poética romántica, Valente, Sánchez Robayna y Colinas lo leen como continuación del Romanticismo. El artículo estudia los ensayos de estos tres poetas españoles en la medida en que crean la figura de un Eliot romántico.The article explores interpretations of T.S. Eliot by three Spanish poets: José Ángel Valente, Andrés Sánchez Robayna and Antonio Colinas. For them Eliot brought about the renewal of poetry in the early twentieth century. However, contrary to the popular view of Eliot as a Modernist who censured the late developments of Romanticism, Valente, Sánchez Robayna and Colinas regarded his poems as a continuation of Romanticism. The article considers the Spanish authors’ essays by analyzing the way they created the figure of Eliot as an heir of Romanticism

Sulfite-reducing clostridia in the sediment of a high mountain lake (Laguna Grande, Gredos, Spain) as indicators of fecal pollution

We studied the vertical distribution of sulfite-reducing clostridia in the sediment of a Spanish high-mountain lagoon (Laguna Grande de Gredos, central Spain), with optimal sediment characteristics (temperature < 20°C) to maintain spores without growing. This allowed us to assess the original numbers of sulfite-reducing clostridia endospores settled, without postdepositional growing. Sulfite-reducing clostridia are normal inhabitants of the intestinal microbiota of humans and other mammals. These microorganisms may form endospores, which allow the bacteria to survive in almost any habitat, either terrestrial or aquatic, waiting for favorable conditions for growth. Sulfite-reducing clostridia could be suitable indicators of past human pollution because they have a great longevity in natural habitats and they cannot multiply at temperatures below 20°C or in the presence of O2. We found a great increase in the numbers of clostridia (expressed as colony-forming units per gram [CFU/g] of dry weight of sediment) since the 1970s, which reflects the rise of human pressure caused by the practice of outdoor activities.Clostridia CFU/g rose dramatically after the faulty operation of the depuration system of a mountain refuge built close to the lagoon. We compared the vertical distribution of clostridia CFU/g from Laguna Grande sediments with those from a neighbor lagoon (Laguna Cimera), which showed less tourist pressure and no direct disposal of sewage. Finally, we agree with the usefulness of the numbers of sulfitereducing clostridia as indicators of past pollution

El cronotopo en el cuento romántico

[Resumen] La mesa redonda pretende analizar la función que el cronotopo desempeña en el cuento romántico. Hemos de tener en cuenta que el cuento moderno surge en varios países simultáneamente, Alemania, Estados unidos, Rusia, y posteriormente en Gran Bretaña, Francia, Italia y España, entre finales del siglo XVIII y principios del siglo XIX. El paso del cuento tradicional al moderno implica una serie de transformaciones profundas en la narración, entre ellas el tipo y papel del narrador, la diégesis narrativa y el cronotopo. En la mesa redonda nos queremos centrar en este último, conscientes como somos de que la localización espacial y temporal de cualquier relato tiene un papel determinante en su transformación. Para ello analizaremos relatos de Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe y Nathaniel Hawthorne. Creemos que no es simple causalidad que los tres autores busquen escenarios y épocas alejadas de su tempo y país. Tradicionalmente, la localización en Europa ha sido considerada como un rasgo romántico propio de su interés por lo exótico. Sin embargo, creemos que hay otras razones que tienen que ver con la evolución del cuento como género moderno que llevan a situar los relatos en un espacio que los lectores conceptualizarían como exótico para más adelante localizar los cuentos en otros más cercanos a los lectores. Así Beatriz Gómez Moreno (Universidad de Castilla la Mancha) analizará los relatos de Mary Shelley, José Ramón Ibáñez Ibáñez (Universidad de Almería) los de Edgar A. Poe y Santiago Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan (Universidad de Valladolid), los de Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Poetics and Politics of Hospitality in U.S. Literature and Culture

Producción Científica"The Poetics and Politics of Hospitality in U.S. Literature and Culture" explores hospitality in a range of cultural expressions from a variety of approaches. The authors analyze and discuss forms of hospitality in canonical literature, ethnic literatures, language or movies. These span from the classical to the contemporary and include a focus on language, power, hybridism, and sociology. The common theme in these contributions is that of American identity. By looking at a diversity of representations of American culture, using a multiplicity of approaches, the authors convey the richness of American hospitality as a vital aspect of its culture.Departamento de Filología InglesaMinisterio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (project FFI2015-64137-P)Unión Europea (project 2017-1-ES01-KA203-038181)Junta de Castilla y León (project SA342U1