"[a] highly readable book this volume is a valuable and timely contribution to several disciplines, a work that has far-reaching implications and the potential to stimulate further research into a fascinating epoch of literary history." Hispania
Ivan A. Schulman is Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Comparative Literature at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author and editor of many Spanish-language books on modernism.
Introduction 1. Crossing Boundaries: The Search for a New Discourse 2. Painted Narrations: The Modernist Novel 3. From Painting to Literary Text 4. Facing the Orient 5. Writers as Art Critics 6. An Epilogue and Conclusion: Words That Create Objects Notes Bibliography Index