There is a little knowledge of writer and journalist Felipe Sassone, who was born in Lima (1884) and died in Madrid (1959), despite his intense literary and journalist life, specially in Spain’s capital city. He embarked very young for Europe, in order to make a success of his work. Quickly, Literature seduces him (novel, theatre, essay, journalism), specially Theatre, writing tons of comedies, as well as directed assemblies and organized companies, where his wife, María Palou, was the leading actress. Memory of both of them has lost in the last fifty years and it is not easy to follow theirs steps in the past, despite their acclaimed success.
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There is a little knowledge of writer and journalist Felipe Sassone, who was born in Lima (1884) and died in Madrid (1959), despite his intense literary and journalist life, specially [...]
The main goal of this article is to bring up the topic of irony in the essay as a literary genre, based on the considerations made by Eugeni d’Ors, Josep Pla and Joan Fuster. The emergence of the definition of irony as an incomplete adhesion, which refers to Ors although it has lasted especially through Pla, is revised here; the intellectual history of the definition is analyzed in order to consider in which moment Fuster’s essay relates to it and, taking irony as a starting point, it gives a boost to ontemporary Catalan essay.
Abstract
The main goal of this article is to bring up the topic of irony in the essay as a literary genre, based on the considerations made by Eugeni d’Ors, Josep Pla and Joan Fuster. The emergence of the definition of irony as an incomplete adhesion, which refers to Ors although it has [...]