Francisco Ayala
Boxer and Angel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9867993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roberta Johnson (0000-0001-6681-5809, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 741 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispania (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2133 • E-ISSN: 2153-6414 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/20063383 |
| OpenAlex | W2028823191 |
| Language | EN |
Francisco Ayala's vanguard works written from 1928 to 1930 are often considered a brief parenthesis in his narrative oeuvre, which is otherwise ethically, philosophically, and/or politically engaged. This essay sidesteps the controversy over vanguard aesthetics versus ethically committed literature in Ayala's fiction to analyze the title story of El boxeador y un angel (1929) within the context of Ayala's early biography, boxing literature, angel symbology, and works of the 1920s by Gabriel Miro, Rafael Alberti, and Azorin that employ angel figures. I suggest that Ayala joins the disparate elements-a boxer and an angel-in an allegory of the writer's struggle in the modem metropolis and his path to aesthetic creation
Art · History · Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education · Philosophical and Cultural Analysis · Sports and Physical Education Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |