Below you will find a select bibliography of recommended secondary material which may be used in conjunction with the works of primary authors; though online bibliographical searches also offer access to a huge number of items relating to Catalan culture. Of particular interest in this respect are the cultural encyclopaedias Lletra (),听Visat, the literary review of the Pen Club () and Gran Enciclop猫dia Catalana听() all of which have an English version. An asterisk (*) denotes that the item is available on the course鈥檚 Camtools webpage and can be downloaded.
Modernism, the Avant-Garde, Catalanism (1833-1939)
History, language and general overview- Balcells, A. Catalan Nationalism Past and Present (Macmillan, 1996)
- Barb茅, E. & Segura, A. 鈥楥atalonia: From Industrialisation to the Present Day.鈥� A Companion to Catalan Culture (Tamesis, 2011), pp. 71-96.
- Ealham, C. Anarchism and the City: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Barcelona, 1898- 1937 (Routledge, 2005)
- Fuster, J. Literatura catalana contempor脿nia (Editora Nacional, 1975)
- Keown, D. 鈥楥ontemporary Catalan Culture.鈥� A Companion to Catalan Culture (Tamesis, 2011) pp. 13-40.
- Strubell, M. 鈥楾he Catalan Language鈥� A Companion to Catalan Culture (Tamesis, 2011), pp. 117-142.
- Terry, A. A Companion to Catalan Literature (Tamesis, 1999)
Modernisme and Barcelona
- Epps, B. 鈥淢odern Spaces: Building Barcelona.鈥� In Iberian Cities. Ed. Joan Ramon Resina.听听 New York: Routledge, 2001, pp. 148-197.
- Epps, B. 鈥楽pace in Motion: Barcelona and the Stages of (In)visibility.鈥� Arizona Journal of听听 Hispanic Cultural Studies, Volume 6, 2002, pp. 193-204.
- Epps, B. 鈥楤efore Postnationalism: Supernationalism, Modernisme, and Catalonia.鈥� Arizona听听 Journal of Hispanic Studies 7 (2003): 133-159.
- Epps, B., (ed.), cluster of articles on Barcelona, Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies,听听 Volume 6, 2002.
- Epps, B. 'Before Postnationalism: Supernationalism, Modernisme and Catalonia.' Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies, 7:2003, 135-161.
- Epps, B. 鈥楤arcelona and Modernity,鈥� Catalan Review: International Journal of Catalan听听 Culture 18.1-2 (2004).
- Epps, B. 鈥淓ls llocs d鈥檈nlloc: Aspiracions ut貌piques i limitacions materials del Pla Cerd脿.鈥� Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Geografia, 63, 2007 (105-120)
- Epps, B. 鈥楳odernisme in Catalonia.鈥� In Modernism. Astradur Eysteinsson and Vivian Liska (eds.) Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2007. 781-800.
- Hughes, R. Barcelona (Vintage, 1993)
- McCully, M. Homage to Barcelona: the city and its art (1888-1936) (Thames & Hudson: 1987)
- Mackay, D. Modern Architecture in Barcelona (ACS, 1992)
- Terry, A. 鈥淭he poetry of Joan Maragall.鈥� ()
- Tusquets, J. L'imperialisme cultural d'Eugeni d'Ors (Columna, 1989). [See also various Introductions to works by d'Ors in the UL (Pla, Murgades. Garrigues, Jard铆, etc.)]
The Avant-Garde
- Daniel, M. & Gale, M (eds.) Joan Mir贸: the ladder of escape. (Tate, 2011)
- Epps, B. 鈥淭he Avant-Garde Visual Poetry of Junoy and Salvat-Papasseit.鈥� In Barcelona and Modernity: Picasso, Gaud铆, Mir贸, Dal铆. New Haven and London: Cleveland Museum of Art/ Yale University Press, 2006. 328-331.
- Keown, D. (Ed.) Salvat-Papasseit: Selected Poems (ACS, 1982 [http://www.anglo-catalan.org/downloads/acsop-monographs/issue02.pdf])
- Keown, D. 鈥楯oan Salvat-Papasseit: a revolutionary domesticated.鈥� Catalan Review, XXII (2008), pp. 253-264.
- Lanchner, C. Joan Mir贸 (Museum of Modern Art N. Y., 1993).
- Malet, R. M. Joan Mir贸 (Pol铆grafa, 2003)
The Civil War and Franco Dictatorship (1940-1975)
- Bath, A. 'Introduction' to Pere Calders, La verge de les vies. (Aris & Phillips, 1991), pp. 1-19.
- Berga, M, 'George Orwell in his centenary year: A Catalan Perspective.'听 (ACS)
- Cirlot, L. El grupo 'Dau al Set' (C谩tedra, 1986).
- Cirlot, L. La pintura informal en Catalu帽a, 1951-1970 (Anthropos, 1983).
- Carbonell, Neus. La pla莽a del Diamant (Emp煤ries, 1996)
- Castellet, J. M. Iniciaci贸n a la poes铆a de Salvador Espriu. (Taurus, 1972)
- Enrici, M (et al) Barcelone 1947-2007 (Fondation Marguerite et Aim茅 Maeght, 2007).
- Epps, Brad.听 鈥淓choes and Traces: Catalan Cinema, or Cinema in Catalonia.鈥澨� A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Jo Labanyi and Tatjana Pavlovic (eds., Blackwell, 2013),听 50-80.
- Epps, Brad. 鈥淪olitude in the City: Victor Catal脿 with Merc猫 Rodoreda鈥� Ofelia Ferr谩n, Kathleen Mary Glenn (eds.),听 Women's Narrative and Film in Twentieth-century Spain: A World of Difference(s) (Routledge, 2002), 19-39.
- "Brush" story by Pere Calders (translated by Louise Lewis, London: Blackie, 1982.)
- Everly,听 K. Catalan Women Writers and Artists: Revisionist Views from a Feminist Space (Bucknell, 2003)n茅s, F猫lix.听 Pere Portabella: Avantguarda, cinema, pol铆tica.听 (Institut Catal脿 de les Ind煤stries Culturals/Raval Edicions, 2008).
- Fan茅s, F猫lix.听 鈥淧ortabella, Brossa, Santos: Un traingle irregular.鈥澨� Hispanic Review 78.4 (2010): 469-490.
- Fern脿ndez, J-A. 'The Angel of History and the Truth of Love: Merc猫 Rodoreda's "La pla莽a del diamant"' The Modern Language Review Vol. 94, No. 1 (Jan., 1999), pp. 103-109.
- Gregori, C. Pere Calders, t貌pics i subversions de la tradici贸 fant脿stica (Abadia de Montserrat, 2006)
- Ibarz, M. Exile and Reconstruction: Merc猫 Rodoreda and Visual Art in the 1950s. (The Anglo-Catalan Society. 2007 [])
- Keown, D. Sobre la poesia catalana contempor脿nia (3 i 4, 1996). [Chapters on Salvat- Papasseit, Espriu and Estell茅s.]
- Keown, D. Polifonia de la subversi贸: la poesia de Vicent Andr茅s Estell茅s (T脿ndem, 2000)
- McNerney, K. and Vosburg N., (eds.) The garden across the border: Merc猫 Rodoreda's fiction. (Slinsgrove, 1994)
- Losada, Matt.听 鈥淧ere Portabella鈥檚 Umbracle and the Francoist Crusade Narrative.鈥澨� Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies 13:4: 339-354.
- Lyons, K. Lord of the Shadow: poems by Salvador Espriu (Dolphin, 1972)
- Marsh, Steven.听 鈥淭he Legacies of Pere Portabella: Between Heritage and Inheritance.鈥� Hispanic Review 78.4 (2010): 551-567.
- Pijoan i Picas, M. I. Salvador Espriu o els itineraris de la poesia (Abadia de Montserrat, 1991)
- Pons, A. Pere Calders: veritat oculta (Eds.62, 1999)
- Preston, P.听 La Guerra Civil: las fotos que hicieron historia : 1936-1939, tres a帽os que desaf铆an el olvido (Esfera de los libros, 2006)
- Quintana, 脌ngel.听 Josep Maria Forn: Ind煤stria i identitat.听 (Editorial P貌rtic / Institut Catal脿 de les Ind煤stries Culturals / Generalitat de Catalunya, 2007.)
- Roda, L. (Ed) Vicent Andr茅s Estell茅s, number of Reduccions dedicated to the author, 98/99听听 (2011)
- Rodoreda Merc猫, Els miralls interiors (videorecording in MML library)
- Scarlett, E. A. Under construction: the body in Spanish novels (Virginia UP, 1994).
- Terry, A. A Companion to Catalan Literature (Tamesis, 1999).
- Torreiro, Casimiro. 鈥溾�楢imez-vous la Representation [sic]? Notes on the Cinema of Pere Portabella and on Informe General鈥�.鈥澨� In Modes of Representation in Spanish Cinema.听 Eds. Jenaro Talens and Santos Zunzunegui.听 (University of Minnesota Press, 1998:) 303-18.
- Torrell, Josep.听 鈥淐uadecuc en Norteam茅rica.鈥澨� Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.听 http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra/cuadecuc-en-norteamerica--0/
- Walters G. The Poetry of Salvador Espriu: To Save the Words (Tamesis, 2006)
The Post Franco Era
- Cabello, Gabriel.听 鈥淐onstruyendo Tiempo: Los Ensayos Cinematogr谩ficos de Jos茅 Luis Guer铆n.鈥澨� Ciberletras: Revista de critica literaria y de cultura 2004: 2.
- Crameri, K. Language, the novelist and national identity in post-Franco Catalonia (Legenda, 2000)
- Diaz-Vicedo, N. Maria-Merc猫 Mar莽al: an exploration of feminine poetics in the work of a late 20th century Catalan poet (Universitat d'Alacant, 2003: )
- Diaz-Vicedo, N. Constructing Feminine Poetics in the Works of a Late Twentieth-Century Catalan Woman Poet: Maria-Merc猫 Mar莽al. (MHRA, 2014)
- Feldman, Sharon G.听 鈥淎 Phenomenological Gaze: Josep M. Benet i Jornet.鈥澨� In In the eye of the storm: contemporary theater in Barcelona.听 Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 2009: 103鈥�162.
- Feldman, Sharon G.听 鈥淐atalunya Invisible: Contemporary Drama in Barcelona.鈥� Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies 6 (2002): 269鈥�287. <doi:10.1353/hcs.2011.0315>
- Feldman, S. and Holt P. Barcelona plays: a collection of new plays by Catalan playwrights (Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications, 2008)
- George, D. Sergi Belbel and Catalan theatre: text, performance and identity (Tamesis, 2010)
- George, D.听 (Ed with J. London) Modern Catalan plays (Methuen, 2000)
- Guer铆n, Jos茅 Luis. 鈥�En Construcci贸n.鈥澨� Visions de l鈥橢scola T猫cnica Superior d鈥橝rquitectura de Barcelona, 2012.
- Keown, D. 鈥淭ransparency and Commitment: the significance of Formentera in Aigua clara and L鈥檌lla de l鈥檋oland猫s.鈥� Journal of Catalan Studies 2010, 36-59.
- Mar莽al, Maria-Merc猫, Antologia: selecci贸, traducci贸, pr貌leg i notes de Neus Aguado y Luisa Cotoner (Frontera, 2005). Available online via Digitalia (UL catalogue)
- Mar莽al, Maria-Merc猫, The body's reason: poems in Catalan translated by Montserrat Abell贸 and No猫lia D铆az Vicedo (Francis Boutle, 2014).
- Mart铆nez-Carazo, Cristina.听 鈥淒econstrucci贸n/Reconstrucci贸n: En Construcci贸n de Jos茅 Luis Guer铆n (2001).鈥澨� Letras Hispanas 4 (2007): 1-15.
- Nichols, B. Introduction to Documentary (Indiana UP, 2001)
- Resina, Joan Ramon.听 鈥淭he Construction of the Cinematic Image: En Construcci贸n (Jos茅 Luis Guer铆n, 2001).听 In Burning Darkness: a Half Century of Spanish Cinema.听 Ed. Joan Ramon Resina and Andr茅s Lema-Hincapi茅.听 Albany: SUNY Press, 2008: 255鈥�276.
