Cultivating Madrid: public space and middle-class culture in the Spanish capital, 1833-1890

225 Pages·2008·27.599 MB·English

by  Frost, Daniel

Cultivating Madrid
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Cultivating Madrid
Public Space
and Middle-Class Culture
in the Spanish Capital,
1833–1890
Daniel Frost
Lewisburg
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1.Spanishliterature—19thcentury—Historyandcriticism.
2.Madrid(Spain)—Inliterature. 3.Literatureand
society–Spain—Madrid—History—19thcentury.
4.Public spaces—Spain—Madrid—History—19thcentury.
5.Land reform—Spain—Madrid—History—19thcentury.
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ForSusan,Luca,
andnow,Marco
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Iknowthedangerofseeingmorebeautythanthereis,ormorehorror.
Ican’tmakeofthelandagarden.
—CarolFrost,‘‘HuntingJournals’’
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Contents
Acknowledgments 9
Introduction:TheCultureoftheImprover 13
PartI: APublicfortheGarden:
Planning,Costumbrismo,andPublicDiversion
1833–1849
1. ThePublicLandscapesofRamo´ndeMesonero
Romanos 29
Otroterrenoma´spropiodeldı´a 29
AvatarsoftheReformistVoice 37
2. TheEducationofdonPeriquito:PublicGardens
andMetropolitanMannersinLarra 67
DonPeriquito 67
AnticipatoryTendencies 73
Latendenciaenteramentenueva 81
Mediosaber 94
PartII: PublicGardensandPrivateAffairs
intheSpanishRealistNovel,1881–1889
3. MadridandtheNatureofAdultery 101
¿Ado´ndeirı´amosenMadrid...? 101
Elinmensoimperiodelaopinio´n 119
4. ParisorVallecas?UncertainRelationshipson
theCity’sOutskirts 127
Comoquiensecontemplaenunespejo...(Paris) 139
OneLastLook 150
Epilogue 157
Conclusion 166
Notes 175
References 198
Index 208
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Acknowledgments
I
OWE THISBOOK TOMOM ANDDAD,JOEL,BRAD, JO,AND LUIS, AS
well as to Esther and Jeff, Nicola and Jonathan, Marı´a, Ri-
cardo,three Juans,andthebasketball team.ThanksMary,
Phil, Diane, Helen, Anne, Bobby, Francesca, Felicia, and
Johnforyourpatienceandsupport.
ThankstomyfriendsandcolleaguesatHolyCross,andto
theadministration—notablyDeanTimothyAustin,Debbie
Neal,AnnMacGillivray,andtheCommitteeonFellowship,
Research and Publications—for granting me the occasion
towrite.IoweaspecialdebtofgratitudetoMichaelC.and
MaureenRuettgers,generousbenefactorsofmywork.
I am grateful for the gracious and good-natured help
from Esther Sanz Murillo at the Museo Municipal de Ma-
drid,thestaffattheArchivoGeneraldelaVilladeMadrid,
and the indefatigable turno de man˜ana team in the Sala
GoyaattheBibliotecaNacionaldeEspan˜a.Mythanksalso
to Isabel Ortega of the Biblioteca Nacional and to Concha
OcamposattheMuseoNacionaldelPrado.
This book would not have beenfinished withoutthe wis-
dom and expertise of my readers at Associated University
Presses.
Finally, mythanks toNacho,Susana, andVioleta, whose
hospitality and friendship have remained infallible—
despite the odd undercooked fish. Thanks also to Kristin
forcheckinginonthe‘‘parksandgardens,’’andtomyfam-
ily in North Carolina, Florida, and, occasionally, New-
foundland.
ThanksmostofalltoSusan.
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