In the following excerpt, Ullman maintains that as censorship was relaxed at the end of 1834, Larra's political criticism, often embedded within theatrical reviews, grew more strident.
The p...
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In the following excerpt, Schurlknight explores Larra's understanding and interpretation of Romantic ideology and discusses some of the contradictions between that ideology and Larra's p...
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In the following essay, Iarocci asserts that Larra's critically acclaimed essay “La Nochebuena de 1836” is a fusion of individual romantic subjectivity with contemporary social an...
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In the following essay, Ilie examines Larra's work in terms of its aesthetic quality, which he describes as “grotesque.”
With increasing exaggeration, Larra is becoming the her...
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In the following essay, Kirkpatrick maintains that Larra's conception of individual subjectivity within the aesthetics of Romanticism and within liberal political reform remained male and bourg...
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In the following excerpt, Lovett discusses the role of Larra's satirical writings during the 1833-40 Spanish civil war between the Carlists and the Liberals.
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In the war against Carlism L...
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In the following excerpt, Sherman examines various influences on Larra's work, as well as Larra's influence on the critical and political writers of both Spain and Latin America during t...
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In the following essay, Rosenberg explores Larra's difficult ethical position as a practitioner of Spanish romanticism vacillating between self-imposed marginality and engaged participation in ...
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In the following essay, Sherman discusses Larra's views on satire, which he considered a necessary activity that would lead to social and political reform.
In his well-known article “...
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In the following essay, Nordlund examines Larra's conception of theatre as a possible instrument for social change.
Although Mariano José de Larra is best known for his articles deali...
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In the following essay, Pao examines the role of physical gratification and excess in Larra's essay “La Nochebuena de 1836” and the influence of that work on two twentieth-century...
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Critical Essay by Pierre L. Ullman
