Spanish Modernism in Context: Failed Heroism and Cross-Cultural Encounters in Pío Baroja and Joseph Conrad
@article{Murphy2020SpanishMI, title={Spanish Modernism in Context: Failed Heroism and Cross-Cultural Encounters in P{\'i}o Baroja and Joseph Conrad}, author={Katharine Murphy}, journal={Bulletin of Spanish Studies}, year={2020}, volume={97}, pages={807 - 829} }
Abstract Over the last two decades, the recuperation of Spanish authors in the development of Modernist fiction in a pan-European context has gained increasing momentum among scholars. Extending the scope of these critical studies, this article presents a comparative analysis of cross-cultural encounters and ironic journeys of development in Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim (1900) and Pío Baroja’s César o nada (1910). The study addresses three key strands: the question of direct influence; the thwarted…