The Poetry of Dámaso Alonso: A Formalist Approach

Author

Douglas Keith Benson

Publication Date

8-8-1973

Abstract

Dámaso Alonso is one of the most important literary critics in contemporary Spain. He is less well known as a poet. Critics usually include him in the so-called "Generation of 1927, 11 although there are many differences between his work and that of Lorca, Guillén, Salinas, Alberti, Aleixandre, Cernuda and Diego. Many critics misunderstand the techniques and goals of Alonso's early poetry for the same reasons that they misunder­stand the goals of the "Generation of 1927." This poetry is considered "pure," "dehumanized" and "lacking in content" in comparison to the "human, 11 flsocial11 nature of postwar poetry. A large percentage of the criticism devoted to Alonso's poetry subscribes to this general interpretation.

Degree Name

Spanish (MA)

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Spanish and Portuguese

First Committee Member (Chair)

Gary Layne Brower

Second Committee Member

Robert Deupree Herron

Third Committee Member

Sabine Reyes Ulibarrí

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Recommended Citation

Benson, Douglas Keith. "The Poetry of Dámaso Alonso: A Formalist Approach." (1973). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/span_etds/162