Keywords
Basque literature, nationalism, literary history
Abstract
Remnants of the Nation is the second in a trilogy of books by Joseba Gabilondo which purport to tell the story of Basque literature—or, better, the multiple and competing stories of that literature’s evolution—in response to the challenges and affordances of an ever-shifting political landscape in which nationalism is a constant, in all its conflicting and contradictory avatars. Originally published in 2006 as Nazioaren hondarrak, Gabilondo’s Remnants of the Nation complements his Before Babel (Self-published: Barbaroak, 2016), which provides a more comprehensive historical overview of the development of Basque letters and his 2013 New York- Martutene: Euskal postnazionalismoaren utopiaz eta globalizazio neoliberalaren krisiaz (Bilbo: Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Argitalpen Zerbitzua, yet to appear in English translation), which takes Ramon Saizarbitoria’s 2012 novel as a touchstone for reading Basque literature in the new millennium.
Original Publication Citation
Joseba Gabilondo, Introduction to a Postnational History of Contemporary Basque Literature (1978-2000): Remnants of the Nation [Woodbridge: Tamesis, 2019]. Bulletin of Spanish Studies 96.8 (2019): 18-20.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Laraway, David, "Joseba Gabilondo, Introduction to a Postnational History of Contemporary Basque Literature (1978–2000): Remnants of the Nation" (2019). Faculty Publications. 10165.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/10165
Document Type
Other
Publication Date
2019
Publisher
Bulletin of Spanish Studies
Language
English
College
Humanities
Department
Spanish and Portuguese
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