Los escritores hispanoamericanos y la Generación del 27

Abstract

We have attempted to show how, from the beginning of the 20th century, the development of Spanish poetry, which culminates in the Generacion del 27, is closely related to Spanish American intellectual life. Alfonso Reyes, for example, begins his studies of Gongora in Mexico around the 1910s when in Spain interest in the work of this poet has hardly been aroused. On the other hand, at the beginning of avant-garde tendencies, Spanish American writers such as Vicente Huidobro or Jorge Luis Borges are decisive in the conformation of these movements in Spain. Later, at the end of the twenties and the beginning of the thirties, writers like Pablo Neruda contribute to the conformation of a “Spanish surrealism”, which has considerable importance for some members of the Generacion del 27 such as Garcia Lorca, Vicente Aleixandre or Miguel Hernandez. They also contribute to the controversy which arises over pure art.