Hora de España (magazine) explained

Category:Literary magazine
Frequency:Monthly
Founded:1937
Firstdate:January 1937
Finaldate:October 1938
Country:Spain
Based:Valencia
Language:Spanish
Issn:0212-9795
Oclc:405723948

Hora de España (Spanish; Castilian: Spain's Hour) was a monthly literary magazine which was published in Valencia, Spain, by the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. The subtitle of the magazine was Poesía y crítica (Poetry and criticism).[1] It existed between January 1937 and October 1938.

History and profile

Hora de España was first published in January 1937.[2] The founders were a group Spanish intellectuals led by Luis Cernuda and Juan Gil-Albert.[3] The magazine was published on a monthly basis.[1] It featured poetry, drama and essays on contemporary literature.[4] Major contributors were the members of the Generation of '27, including Emilio Prados, Dámaso Alonso, León Felipe, Miguel Hernández, Antonio Machado, Rafael Alberti and Rosa Chacel.[4] [5] [6] Hora de España was subject to criticisms over its passive political stance.[7] The magazine ended publication in October 1938 shortly before the exile of its founders.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hora de España. Library of Congress. 12 March 2022.
  2. Kessel Schwartz. Hora de España and the Poetry of Hope. Romance Notes. Autumn 1973. 15. 1. 25–29 . 43801138.
  3. Web site: Luis Cernuda: Versions by Michael Smith. 10 November 2014 . Plume Poetry. 12 March 2022. 12 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220312143627/https://plumepoetry.com/featured-selection-9/.
  4. Kessel Schwartz. The Past as Prologue in Hora de España. Romance Notes. Autumn 1968. 10. 1. 15–19 . 43800412.
  5. Book: Germán Bleiberg. Maureen Ihrie. Janet Pérez. Dictionary of the Literature of the Iberian Peninsula. 1. Greenwood Press. 1993. Westport, CT; London. 399. 978-0-313-28731-2. Germán Bleiberg.
  6. Derek Gagen. 'Si yo no viniera de donde vengo'. Rafael Alberti's Commitment to Poetry and History in Entre el clavel y la espada (1941). 85. 2008. Bulletin of Spanish Studies. 5. 587. 10.1080/14753820802270984. 194077466.
  7. Estrella de Diego. Jaime Brihuega. Art and Politics in Spain, 1928-36. Art Journal. Spring 1993. 58. 52. 1. 10.1080/00043249.1993.10791495.