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Author Viestenz, William, author.

Title By the grace of God : Francoist Spain and the sacred roots of political imagination / William Viestenz
Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (x, 223 pages)
Series Toronto Iberic studies
Toronto Iberic.
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Spanish literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Religion and politics -- Spain -- History -- 20th century
Religion and literature -- Spain -- History -- 20th century
Religion in literature.
Politics in literature.
National characteristics in literature.
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
SUBJECT Spain -- Politics and government -- 1939-1975. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85126177
Subject Spain
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442668584
144266858X