Mairin Mitchell's and Walter Starkie's Divergent(?) Images of Pre-War Spain (1934-1936).
Despite the neighbouring, though politically contentious, relationship between Ireland and Britain over centuries, Irish writers have cultivated a singular image of Spain that veers away from the British Romantic construct of the country in general and the Spanish conflict in particular, an image th...
| Publicado en: | Atlantis (0210-6124) Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 139 - 159 |
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Departament de Llengues i Literatures Modernes i d'Estudis Anglesos
Dec2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=190427071&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 190427071 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 02106124 VSM jtl: Atlantis (0210-6124) issn: 02106124 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2025 vid: 47 iid: 2 pid: 19799 pub: Departament de Llengues i Literatures Modernes i d'Estudis Anglesos artinfo: ui: 190427071 10.28914/Atlantis-2025-47.2.7 ppf: 139 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.3MB tig: atl: Mairin Mitchell's and Walter Starkie's Divergent(?) Images of Pre-War Spain (1934-1936). aug: au: MEMBRIVE, VERÓNICA affil: Ph.D. at the University of Almería in 2017 su: Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 Political attitudes Travelers' writings Irish authors Ireland Spain sug: subj: Ireland Spain Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 Political attitudes Travelers' writings Irish authors keyword: Hiberno-Spanish relations Mairin Mitchell Spanish Civil War Walter Starkie Guerra Civil española relaciones España-Irlanda ab: Despite the neighbouring, though politically contentious, relationship between Ireland and Britain over centuries, Irish writers have cultivated a singular image of Spain that veers away from the British Romantic construct of the country in general and the Spanish conflict in particular, an image that has customarily been overlooked although the Spanish Civil War, its history, its aftermath and its international implications have always held a deep fascination for Irish writers. This article revolves around the image of Spain as portrayed by two Irish authors who travelled in Spain on the verge of the conflict and who held divergent political stances: Walter Starkie (1894-1976), who supported the nationalist cause, and Mairin Mitchell (1895-1986), who had a pro-left ideology. Through the exploration of Starkie's and Mitchell's travelogues, lectures, newspaper articles and personal letters, this article will examine the extent to which these two positions are at odds and the reasons behind these differences. Pese a la relación de vecindad, aunque políticamente conflictiva, entre Irlanda e Inglaterra durante siglos, los escritores irlandeses han cultivado una imagen singular de España que se aleja de la construcción romántica del país en general y del conflicto español en particular, una imagen que habitualmente se ha pasado por alto aunque la Guerra Civil española, su historia, sus secuelas y sus implicaciones internacionales siempre han ejercido una profunda fascinación sobre los escritores irlandeses. Este manuscrito gira en torno a la imagen de España retratada por dos autores irlandeses que viajaron a España al borde del conflicto y que mantuvieron posturas políticas divergentes: Walter Starkie (1894-1976), que apoyó la causa nacionalista, y Mairin Mitchell (1895-1986), de ideología izquierdista. A través de la exploración de los diarios de viaje, conferencias, artículos periodísticos y cartas personales de Starkie y Mitchell, este trabajo examinará hasta qué punto estas dos posturas están enfrentadas y las razones de estas diferencias. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Atlantis (0210-6124) is the property of Departament de Llengues i Literatures Modernes i d'Estudis Anglesos and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Atlantis (0210-6124) holder: Departament de Llengues i Literatures Modernes i d'Estudis Anglesos dt: @attributes: year: 2025 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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