When I started studying Spanish literature, one of the literary movements that interested me more was

that called : La Generación del 98 .This literary movement arose during the beginning of the century as a

consequence of the historical events that Spain was experiencing at that time. They used to make

references to past times, but equally as important was their use of the Spanish landscape, as a symbol of

the nation. Their poems and novels were full of descriptions of Castilla, Andalucia...and in some aspects

they observed the cities as enemies of their interests, the landscape. When reading Howards End of those

similarities between this book and the Spanish movement, specially with both the English and Spanish

references to landscape. Consequently I found it particularly interesting to concentrate on this subject:

The relation of landscape to national identity.

Created 12/05/99 Updated 12/05/99