Ramn Gmez de la Serna by Ricardo Fernndez Romero, Ricardo ... - 9781855663596

Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Ramn Gmez de la SernaNew Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Ricardo Fernndez Romero, Ricardo Fernndez Romero, Eduardo Alaminos Lpez, Humberto Huergo Cardoso, Nicols Fernndez Medina, Juli Highfill, Alan Hoyle\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Tamesis Books\nISBN-13: 9781855663596, 978-1855663596\nSynopsis\nA celebrity in his own day, who gave lectures dressed as Napoleon or seated on the back of an elephant, Ramn Gmez de la Serna is the most representative writer of the interwar Spanish avant-garde.\n\nThis book explores Gmez de la Serna's art and his quest to break down the barriers between literature and life, addressing two elements - already present in his work - of radical relevance in today's cultural debates: the relation of humans to the material world and the reduction of all experience to a singular individuality. Bringing Gmez de la Serna to an Anglophone audience, it reveals him to be the embodiment of a new kind of art on both sides o.