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Between Abyss and heaven. Fin de siècle in the prose of Rubén Darío

Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2017

Abstract

Hispanic moderism (spanning the period between the last third of the 19th century and the 1920s) represents an epoch linked with the entry of Hispanic America into modernity. We have undertaken an analysis of the key elements of modernism by means of three chief principles: freedom, beauty and harmony.

Articulated aroudn them is the work of Rubén Darío (1867-1916), prominent personage of the Hispano-American modernism, native of Nicaragua. Our book concentrates mainly on his prosaic work, which includes a whole range od genres: journalistic chronicles, short stories, novels...