«Hórrido yermo de inflamada arena». Cienfuegos and Romantic Cosmic Pain

It was painful to be a journalist and poet with noble aspirations for reform during the reign of Charles IV. in the years immediately preceding, nine well known Spanish poets had already expressed in romantic form their deep anxiety and insecurity regarding the universe in which they dwelt. One of t...

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Main Author: Russell P. SEBOLD
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Salamanca 2011-01-01
Series:Cuadernos Dieciochistas
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Online Access:http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1576-7914/article/view/7593
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description It was painful to be a journalist and poet with noble aspirations for reform during the reign of Charles IV. in the years immediately preceding, nine well known Spanish poets had already expressed in romantic form their deep anxiety and insecurity regarding the universe in which they dwelt. One of them, Meléndez Valdés, inventor of the Spanish name for romantic cosmic grief, fastidio universal, was Cienfuegos’s poetic mentor and friend. the present article explains how Cienfuegos joined the European and Spanish philosophical and literary traditions that led to the poetic expression of the afflicted romantic mentality, and how he at the same time became an outstanding innovator in this tradition.
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spelling doaj.art-3979d64cfdb0410ebc571caf56ac84ed2022-12-22T03:41:58ZspaUniversidad de SalamancaCuadernos Dieciochistas1576-79142341-19022011-01-0110075857416«Hórrido yermo de inflamada arena». Cienfuegos and Romantic Cosmic PainRussell P. SEBOLD0Real Academia EspañolaIt was painful to be a journalist and poet with noble aspirations for reform during the reign of Charles IV. in the years immediately preceding, nine well known Spanish poets had already expressed in romantic form their deep anxiety and insecurity regarding the universe in which they dwelt. One of them, Meléndez Valdés, inventor of the Spanish name for romantic cosmic grief, fastidio universal, was Cienfuegos’s poetic mentor and friend. the present article explains how Cienfuegos joined the European and Spanish philosophical and literary traditions that led to the poetic expression of the afflicted romantic mentality, and how he at the same time became an outstanding innovator in this tradition.http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1576-7914/article/view/7593yermovacío del universo/vacío del corazónamargurasoledadmaterialismoabandonoidealismo
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«Hórrido yermo de inflamada arena». Cienfuegos and Romantic Cosmic Pain
Cuadernos Dieciochistas
yermo
vacío del universo/vacío del corazón
amargura
soledad
materialismo
abandono
idealismo
title «Hórrido yermo de inflamada arena». Cienfuegos and Romantic Cosmic Pain
title_full «Hórrido yermo de inflamada arena». Cienfuegos and Romantic Cosmic Pain
title_fullStr «Hórrido yermo de inflamada arena». Cienfuegos and Romantic Cosmic Pain
title_full_unstemmed «Hórrido yermo de inflamada arena». Cienfuegos and Romantic Cosmic Pain
title_short «Hórrido yermo de inflamada arena». Cienfuegos and Romantic Cosmic Pain
title_sort horrido yermo de inflamada arena cienfuegos and romantic cosmic pain
topic yermo
vacío del universo/vacío del corazón
amargura
soledad
materialismo
abandono
idealismo
url http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1576-7914/article/view/7593
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