
Spain Literature in the 20 the Century
CULTURE: LITERATURE. GENERAL FEATURES OF 20TH CENTURY LITERATURE According to Healthinclude, the sec. XX opens with a fact of enormous literary and moral significance: the affirmation of the Generation of '98, composed of writers of powerful originality, such as Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936), poet, essayist, novelist and playwright, the "prose writer art "and critic Azorín (1873-1967), the novelist P. Baroja (1872-1956), the novelist and playwright R. del Valle-Inclán (1866-1936), the playwright J. Benavente (1866-1954), the essayist R. de Maetzu (1874-1936), and two operas who started a stupendous lyrical revival for several successive generations: JR Jiménez (1881-1958) and A. Machado y Ruiz (1875-1939). Each in their own way, they represent in the first place the anti-positivist (and antirealistic) revolt that characterized the European cultural climate of the late nineteenth century; and…