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By the grace of God : Francoist Spain and the sacred roots of political imagination /

Viestenz, William,

By the grace of God : Francoist Spain and the sacred roots of political imagination / William Viestenz. - 1 online resource (x, 223 pages) - Toronto Iberic studies . - Toronto Iberic. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Introduction: La España Sagrada as a Political Category -- 2 "He aquí una plenitud española": Catholicism, Cultural Regeneration, and Spanish Essentialism -- 3 Politics by Other Means: The Sacred Core of Collective Imagining Post-War Stimmung -- 4 Intimate Strife: Inside Juan Goytisolo's Sovereign Exception Against Sacred Forms -- 5 The Eternal Present of Sacred Time In illo tempore -- 6 "De-sacralization" and "Sacro-genesis," or How to Step Outside of Sacred Time -- 7 Espriu's Sepharad and the Equitable Restoration of Sacred Sovereignty -- 8 Conclusion: The Aesthetic Disruption of Political Truth.

Using Franco's Spain and la Espana sagrada as a counterpoint to European secularity's own development, By the Grace of God is the first sustained analysis within Spanish cultural studies of the sacred as a political category and a tool for political organization.

9781442668584 144266858X

10.3138/9781442668584 doi

22573/ctt7gbf70 JSTOR


1900-1999


Spanish literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Religion and politics--History--Spain--20th century.
Religion and literature--History--Spain--20th century.
Religion in literature.
Politics in literature.
National characteristics in literature.
Littérature espagnole--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Religion et politique--Histoire--Espagne--20e siècle.
Religion et littérature--Histoire--Espagne--20e siècle.
Religion dans la littérature.
Caractéristiques nationales dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--Spanish & Portuguese.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
National characteristics in literature
Politics and government
Politics in literature
Religion and literature
Religion and politics
Religion in literature
Spanish literature


Spain--Politics and government--1939-1975.
Espagne--Politique et gouvernement--1939-1975.
Spain


Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

PQ6073.P6 / V53 2014eb

860.9/382