Bastianes, M (2021) El teatral regreso de Celestina a Italia y las políticas culturales fascistas durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (Celestina's theatrical return to Italy and fascist cultural policies during the Second World War). Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 98 (4). pp. 357-374. ISSN 1367-9376
Abstract
The return of Celestina to Italian publishing houses during the Second World War has been examined in a series of recent research publications. These studies have not, unfortunately, described in a satisfactory manner the reasons underpinning this interest in a foreign piece; nor have they explained how it came to be one of the most regularly performed Spanish classic texts in twentieth-century Italy. The aim of this article is to settle this critical deficit, taking into account the political, cultural and theatrical contexts which enabled said return. Seen from this broader perspective, the reappearance of Celestina offers testimony to the cultural relationships between Spain and Italy in times of fascism, along with providing ways of approaching and appropriating a morally challenging text. Celestina, I argue, is a particularly revealing case study for understanding the role of classics in the construction of European identity throughout the twentieth century.
(El curioso regreso editorial de Celestina a Italia en plena Segunda Guerra Mundial, que ha recibido recientemente la atención de algunos estudiosos, no ha sido explicado, sin embargo, de manera satisfactoria. Tampoco cómo la obra llega a convertirse, desde entonces, en uno de los clásicos españoles más representados en las tablas italianas. El presente estudio, por ello, se ha propuesto explorar este retorno, atendiendo al contexto político, cultural y teatral que lo hizo posible. Desde esta perspectiva, la singular reaparición de Celestina no solo ofrece una muestra de las relaciones culturales entre España e Italia en tiempos de fascismo (y sus diferencias y similitudes al acercarse a un patrimonio teatral desafiante en términos morales), sino que también constituye una pieza importante para comprender el papel de los clásicos (y el lugar que se brinda a las naciones que los producen) en la conformación de una identidad europea a lo largo del siglo XX.)
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) |
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Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2022 13:43 |
Last Modified: | 15 Oct 2022 01:24 |
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Publisher: | Liverpool University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.3828/bhs.2021.21 |
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