Hispanic modernism and insularity: translation and reception of the Parnasse in Puerto Rico (19th c.)

Abstract

French Parnassian literature was the one that most contributed to the origins of Hispanic Modernism, being Puerto Rico Modernism no exception. In spite of the late presence of Romanticism, attached to the historic contexts of insularity and Independence, the reception of Parnassianism meant the adoption of a series of models that incorporated Puerto Rico literature to the Fin de siècle spirit. This article deals with the translation and reception of the Parnasse Contemporain during the last third of the 19th century. That time was marked by the standards of an outdated Postromanticism and the first refreshing essays of authors as José de Jesús Domínguez, that were inspired by French Parnassian poets such as Gautier, Heredia or Leconte de Liste.