Properties of Modernity Romantic Spain, Modern Europe, And the Legacies of Empire

Drawing on classic socio-historical theories of modernity, on the philosophy of history, on world-systems analysis, and on recent debates within postcolonial historiogrpahy, PROPERTIES OF MODERNITY places the question of Hispanic modernity within a deeper historical matrix than it has traditionally been accorded. It examines the literary, cultural and theoretical effects of Spain’s symbolic expulsion from the story of Western modernity, and it develops a new model for conceptualizing Spanish romantic writing and its relationship to the modern. In doing so, the book underscores the links between modernity, colonialism, and empire.Iarocci, Michael P. is the author of 'Properties of Modernity Romantic Spain, Modern Europe, And the Legacies of Empire', published 2006 under ISBN 9780826515223 and ISBN 0826515223.