Tomás Segovia: the Gift of the Essay
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Tomás Segovia, Essay, Meaning, Interpretation, Morality, Poetics, Good Faith
Abstract
The article offers a reading of the essay-writing of Tomás Segovia (Valencia, 1927), who is considered one of the most important exponents and renovators of the genre in Spanish. The study of his essays parts from the different connotations of the idea of "gift" (grace, mastery, recprocity). Lucidity and the gift of the word are two features which accompany Segovia's essay-writing in deep interpretations guided always by an honest search for meaning. For Segovia the essay is the moral genre par excellence, a shared space of reflection on meaning and value, and an invitation to dialogue; it is responsability for the spoken word, exploration of language and representation of thought processes.Downloads
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2010-11-06
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Weimberg L. (2010). Tomás Segovia: the Gift of the Essay. Anales de Literatura Hispanoamericana, 39, 41-60. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ALHI/article/view/ALHI1010110041A
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