4. “Decrèpita i teatral”? On Literary Explorations of Barcelona

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 7
3. City and Travel. Walking the (Un)Known City 11
4. 1. Reading the City 15
5. 2. On Rivers and Maps. Iberian Approaches to Comparatism 49
6. 3. Borders in the City: Rewriting Walls 79
7. 4. “Decrèpita i teatral”? On Literary Explorations of Barcelona 99
8. 5. The Lights and Names of Paris: Llorenç Villalonga’s Bearn 113
9. 6. Exile in the City: Mercè Rodoreda’s La plaça del Diamant 133
10. 7. Literary Construction: the Case of Eduardo Mendoza 147
11. 8. In Transit: Exploring Travelogues 167
12. 9. Back from the USSR . Travelers in the Land of the Soviets 183
13. 10. Lightweight Luggage: Travel and Exile 199
14. 11. Threshold to Nowhere? Travelogues to Non-places 217
15. Bibliography 237
16. Index 259