Title Spain's martyred cities : from the Battle of Madrid to Picasso's Guernica, including the reconstructed text of Louis Delaprée's the Martyrdom of Madrid / Martin Minchom

Published Eastbourne : Sussex Academic Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Series The Canada Blanch/Sussex Academic Studie Canada Blanch/Sussex Academic Studie Contents Front Cover; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; The Cañada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies; Series Editor's Preface; Author's Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Author's Note; Part I: The News From Spain; 1 Reporting a War; Louis Delaprée and Paris-Soir; 'The road to Madrid'; Press coverage of the Spanish Civil War; 2 Delaprée in Insurgent and Republican Territory; In rebel Castile (July 1936); Through Republican Spain (August-September 1936); Excursus: A women's war; Part II: Madrid, The "Martyred and Heroic City"; 3 The Battle of Madrid Waiting for the Nationalists (October 1936)Madrid battlefield (7-23 November 1936); Excursus on the 'frontline of Babel': Reporting the International Brigades; 4 Bombs over Madrid; Bombs over Spain; Madrid and Getafe: Counting the dead (30 October-23 November 1936); Dispatches from a 'martyred city'; Death of a journalist; 5 The Reconstructed Texts of Louis Delaprée's The Martyrdom of Madrid; A note on the text; Part III: The Art of Lying; 6 Aftermath in "The Industry of Lies"; The downing of the embassy plane; The Delaprée affair: "The voice of a dead man accuses the lying press." Picasso's Dream and Lie of Franco"Dead bodies and ruined houses": Virginia Woolf's Three Guineas; Delaprée's shade in Malraux's Man's Hope; 7 Madrid, Durango, Gernika: Three 'Martyred' Cities and Picasso's Guernica; Images of 'martyred' Durango; The renewed artillery bombardments of Madrid (April 1937); Towards the Guernica: Picasso and "the lying press, the murderous press"; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover Summary "Spain's Martyred Cities studies international reactions to the Spanish Civil War between the Battle of Madrid in November 1936 and the bombing of Guernica in April 1937. Many of the iconic events of the war belong to this key period, when international perceptions of the conflict were decisively shaped. The subject is approached through French and British newspapers and pamphlets, and events are linked to both their immediate press coverage and subsequent literary and artistic representations. For contemporaries, the aerial bombardments of Madrid, Guernica and other cities formed part of a single unbroken narrative. It was only later that Guernica acquired its perceived symbolic primacy. The language of 'martyrdom' was sometimes evoked in pro-Republican writing as a means of challenging Francoist claims to the religious and moral high ground. But the ur-text was The Martyrdom of Madrid (1937), a compilation of the posthumous, censored reports of the French correspondent Louis Delaprée on the bombing of Madrid. Delaprée's earliest reporting (July-October 1936) was from both the Nationalist and Republican zones, and is used to provide an introductory overview of the early stages of the war; he was an eyewitness of the aerial bombardments of Madrid in November 1936; subsequently, the posthumous publication of his writings created a major stir in Paris. Delaprée's powerful and emotive writing provides a platform from which to discuss issues of press censorship and journalistic practice"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 12, 2015) Subject Delaprée, Louis, 1902?-1936. Martydom of Madrid Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973. Guernica. SUBJECT Guernica (Picasso, Pablo) fast Subject Cities and towns -- Political aspects -- Spain -- History -- 20th century Martyrdom -- Political aspects -- Spain -- History -- 20th century Public opinion -- France -- History -- 20th century Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- Europe -- Spain & Portugal. Cities and towns -- Political aspects Press coverage Public opinion SUBJECT Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Public opinion Madrid (Spain) -- History -- Siege, 1936-1939 -- Public opinion Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Press coverage Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85126106 Subject France Great Britain Spain Spain -- Madrid Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 1782842403 1782842381 9781782842408 9781782842385

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