México en el imaginario zorrillesco: los Recuerdos del tiempo viejo

In his memoir Recuerdos del tiempo viejo (1880-1882), José Zorrilla evokes the eleven years of his residence in Mexico from January 1855 to June 1866. The abundant news he conveys about that period have an undeniable historical and biographical value, even if at times they are inaccurate or outline...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:798a503320554b50b1b2143a2cc376412021-12-02T10:38:46ZMéxico en el imaginario zorrillesco: los Recuerdos del tiempo viejo1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.83533https://doaj.org/article/798a503320554b50b1b2143a2cc376412021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/83533https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252In his memoir Recuerdos del tiempo viejo (1880-1882), José Zorrilla evokes the eleven years of his residence in Mexico from January 1855 to June 1866. The abundant news he conveys about that period have an undeniable historical and biographical value, even if at times they are inaccurate or outline a psychological profile that does not square with what he experienced there. Still more relevant is how Zorrilla’s open-mindedness adds to the interest of the narrative as text. The multi-faceted memorialist (witness, participant, and histor) shares different perspectives on Mexican society and history: keen observant of the habits and mores of a dynamic community which, despite being anchored in its traditions, was bent on modernization; critic of the Spanish conquest; tracker of the colonial legacy that he perceives in the towns and cities he visits; supporter of the Mexican independence; and well-informed chronicler of contemporary events –the Reform War and the Second Empire– that he witnesses firsthand while there.Toni DorcaCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticleJosé ZorrillaRecuerdos del tiempo viejomemoirtext versus workMexican history (1855-1866)AnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2021)
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FR
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topic José Zorrilla
Recuerdos del tiempo viejo
memoir
text versus work
Mexican history (1855-1866)
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
spellingShingle José Zorrilla
Recuerdos del tiempo viejo
memoir
text versus work
Mexican history (1855-1866)
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
Toni Dorca
México en el imaginario zorrillesco: los Recuerdos del tiempo viejo
description In his memoir Recuerdos del tiempo viejo (1880-1882), José Zorrilla evokes the eleven years of his residence in Mexico from January 1855 to June 1866. The abundant news he conveys about that period have an undeniable historical and biographical value, even if at times they are inaccurate or outline a psychological profile that does not square with what he experienced there. Still more relevant is how Zorrilla’s open-mindedness adds to the interest of the narrative as text. The multi-faceted memorialist (witness, participant, and histor) shares different perspectives on Mexican society and history: keen observant of the habits and mores of a dynamic community which, despite being anchored in its traditions, was bent on modernization; critic of the Spanish conquest; tracker of the colonial legacy that he perceives in the towns and cities he visits; supporter of the Mexican independence; and well-informed chronicler of contemporary events –the Reform War and the Second Empire– that he witnesses firsthand while there.
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title México en el imaginario zorrillesco: los Recuerdos del tiempo viejo
title_short México en el imaginario zorrillesco: los Recuerdos del tiempo viejo
title_full México en el imaginario zorrillesco: los Recuerdos del tiempo viejo
title_fullStr México en el imaginario zorrillesco: los Recuerdos del tiempo viejo
title_full_unstemmed México en el imaginario zorrillesco: los Recuerdos del tiempo viejo
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