Painting Modernism (SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture)

Studies the influence of the plastic arts on the major writers of Latin American modernism. Painting Modernism demonstrates the influence of painting and sculpture on the work of the major writers of Latin American modernism. Through his analysis, Ivan A. Schulman, a foundational figure in the field, offers a concise and new interpretation of works by José Asunción Silva, Julián del Casal, Rubén Darío, José Juan Tablada, and José Martí. Traditional critical discourse on modernism has emphasized the nature of this movement in terms of its self-referentiality, fragmentation, elitist/escapist concepts, and subjective notions of cultural and aesthetic authenticity. Schulman breaks from this approach and examines these works as products of subjectively generated social/artistic practices that are inseparable from socioeconomic transformations and the chaotic cultural crises of the modern world __Studies the influence of the plastic arts on the major writers of Latin American modernism.____Painting Modernism__ demonstrates the influence of painting and sculpture on the work of the major writers of Latin American modernism. Through his analysis, Ivan A. Schulman, a foundational figure in the field, offers a concise and new interpretation of works by José Asunción Silva, Julián del Casal, Rubén Darío, José Juan Tablada, and José Martí. Traditional critical discourse on modernism has emphasized the nature of this movement in terms of its self-referentiality, fragmentation, elitist/escapist concepts, and subjective notions of cultural and aesthetic authenticity. Schulman breaks from this approach and examines these works as products of subjectively generated social/artistic practices that are inseparable from socioeconomic transformations and the chaotic cultural crises of the modern world Contents 8 Introduction 10 Chapter One: Crossing Boundaries: The Search for a New Discourse 18 New Ventures 18 Old Ventures Reinvented: Ut Pictora Poesis 23 Chapter Two: Painted Narrations: The Modernist Novel 32 Lucía Jerez 36 De Sobremesa 44 Chapter Three: From Painting to Literary Text 50 Pollice Verso: Life is a Broad Arena 50 “Yesterday I Saw Her ...” 59 Shades of Moreau 61 Addendum 65 Chapter Four: Facing the Orient 70 Chapter Five: Writers as Art Critics 84 José Martí: European, American, and Mexican Art 85 Darío: Europe, Japan, And Latin America 97 José Juan Tablada: Parisian Impressions 104 Chapter Six: An Epilogue and Conclusion: Words That Create Objects 106 Notes 112 Bibliography 122 Index 128 Studies The Influence Of The Plastic Arts On The Major Writers Of Latin American Modernism--provided By Publisher. Crossing Boundaries: The Search For A New Discourse -- Painted Narrations: The Modernist Novel -- From Painting To Literary Text -- Facing The Orient -- Writers As Art Critics -- An Epilogue And Conclusion: Words That Create Objects. Ivan A. Schulman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.