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Generation of 1898

Generation of '98

Generation of '98, Spanish literary and cultural movement in the first two decades of the 20th cent. It was so named by Azorín (see Martínez Ruiz, José) in 1913 to designate a group of young writers who, in the face of defeat (1898) in the Spanish-American War, proclaimed a moral and cultural rebirth for Spain. Azorín's original list included Valle Inclán, Unamuno, Benavente y Martínez, Baroja y Nessi, Ramiro de Maeztu, Darío, and Azorín himself. It has since been emended to include Ganivet and Antonio Machado, as well as Ortega y Gasset, Pérez de Ayala, and Marañón. Darío is more often considered as the founder of modernismo. The group was concerned with defining the essential quality of Spain, studying its history and culture. In the austere life of Castile many of them discovered the key to the essence of Hispanicism. While they attacked aestheticism and the current adulation of the Austrian satiric poet Karl Kraus, they also represented cosmopolitan trends, including political liberalism. They greatly influenced the work of later Spanish writers.

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Spain: A Short History of Its Politics, Literature, and Art from Earliest Times to the Present
Henry Dwight Sedgwick. Little, Brown, 1926

Librarian’s tip: Chap. XLVI "The Generation of 1898" p. 346

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The Drama of Transition: Native and Exotic Playcraft
Isaac Goldberg. Stewart Kidd Company, 1922

Librarian’s tip: "The Generation of '98" p. 93

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Unamuno: A Philosophy of Tragedy
José Ferrater Mora; Philip Silver. University of California Press, 1962

Librarian’s tip: "Unamuno and His Generation: 1 The Generation of 1898" begins on p. 1

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Madrid 1900: The Capital as Cradle of Literature and Culture
Michael Ugarte. Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996

Librarian’s tip: Discussion of Generation of 1898 begins on p. 51

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Antonio Machado
Alice Jane McVan. Hispanic Society of America, 1959

Librarian’s tip: Discussion of Generation of 1898 begins on p. 1

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Spain: The Root and the Flower: A History of the Civilization of Spain and of the Spanish People
John A. Crow. Harper & Row, 1963 (Revised edition)

Librarian’s tip: Discussion of the Generation of 1898 begins on p. 256

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The Origins of Modern Spain
J. B. Trend. Macmillan Company, 1934

Librarian’s tip: Discussion of the Generation of 1898 begins on p. 160

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Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Empire, 1402-1975
James S. Olson; Sam L. Slick; Samuel Freeman; Virginia Garrard Burnett; Fred Koestler. Greenwood Press, 1992

Librarian’s tip: Discussion of the Generation of 1898 begins on p. 277

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