Awards

• Commended for Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature 2021 (United States)
• Commended for Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature Modern Language Association of America 2021 (United States)

Overview

Spanish Fascist Writing presents the first collection of Spanish fascist texts in English translation and offers an intellectual and political history of fascist writing in Spain, a history that resituates the country within the larger unfolding of right-wing extremism worldwide from the early twentieth century to the present. The manifestos, newspaper articles, essays, letters, and pieces of prose fiction gathered in this volume demonstrate why the Spanish case proves essential to a comprehensive understanding of fascism in general. These Spanish fascist texts also highlight the need for comparative analysis in order to better grasp the transnational character of fascism, fascism's profound roots in colonialism, fascism's multiple temporalities, and the rise in recent years of right-wing extremism throughout the world. In short, Spanish Fascist Writing takes Spain from the margins to the forefront of fascist studies.

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Our present-day political situation demands that we refamiliarize ourselves with the history of fascism. The translated texts in Spanish Fascist Writing allow us to include the Spanish case into a broader and more historically grounded conversation about fascism that also has the potential to make a significant impact on young people coming into contact with the historical reality and political dangers of fascism for the first time. Spanish Fascist Writing could not have come out at a more opportune time. - Susan Larson, Professor of Spanish, Texas Tech University This fascinating volume speaks to a cutting-edge interest in fascism and its evolution worldwide, filling in a large gap in historical and literary studies. It situates Spanish fascist writing within the European context and provides a case study of Spain, a curated collection of the country's literature, and short biographies of the major players in the evolution of fascist thought. Justin Crumbaugh and Nil Santianez have taken great care in the selection, introduction, and translation of the texts and the breadth and selectivity with which they were chosen make this volume distinct, up-to-date, and invaluable to scholars and students. - Sara J. Brenneis, Professor of Spanish, Amherst College

Spanish Fascist Writing is a timely collection of texts, including manifestos, speeches, and letters, arranged to introduce readers to a wide spectrum of themes. Together these texts enrich our understanding of right-wing extremism in Spain and worldwide in the past and present. The collection also adds to our interpretation of the historical genealogies of European fascism. Justin Crumbaugh and Nil Santianez, as editors of the anthology, provide a useful history of Spanish fascism, a bibliographic essay, and notes, all of which add to the book's value as a teaching resource. As translators, with Maria Soledad Barbon, they are aware of the rhetoric of this particular manifestation of fascism and thus are careful to convey the nuances and stylistic idiosyncrasies of every text. -- MLA Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature Committee

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María Soledad Barbón is a professor of comparative literature at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Justin Crumbaugh is an associate professor of Spanish at Mount Holyoke College. Nil Santiáñez is a professor of Spanish and international studies at Saint Louis University. Justin Crumbaugh is an associate professor of Spanish at Mount Holyoke College. Nil Santiáñez is a professor of Spanish and international studies at Saint Louis University.

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