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esperpento
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impact in Spanish literature
- In Spanish literature: Novels and essays
…by his invention of the esperpento style, is expressionistic, involving deliberate distortion and calculated inversion of heroic models and values. “Esperpentic” visions appear in the novels Tirano Banderas (1926; Eng. trans. The Tyrant), La corte de los milagros (1927; “The Court of Miracles”), and Viva mi dueño (1928; “Long Live…
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use by Valle-Inclán
- In Ramón María del Valle-Inclán
…in the manner he called esperpento (“horrible, nauseating persons, or things”). This intentionally absurd and cruelly satirical style is intended to express the tragic meaning of Spanish life—which he saw as a gross deformation of European civilization—through the systematic distortion of classic heroes. The best of his esperpento plays are…
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