This article proposes a reinterpretation of the Generation of '27, identifying how some of its members (José Bergamín, Antonio Marichalar, Gerardo Diego, and María Zambrano) were active nodes in the intellectual networks of the interwar European Catholic revival. In contrast to interpretations that emphasize the secularization of the Generation of '27, this work analyzes, from a network theory perspective, the role of Bergamín and his journal Cruz y Raya as an editorial hub, and Marichalar as a …
Read moreThis article proposes a reinterpretation of the Generation of '27, identifying how some of its members (José Bergamín, Antonio Marichalar, Gerardo Diego, and María Zambrano) were active nodes in the intellectual networks of the interwar European Catholic revival. In contrast to interpretations that emphasize the secularization of the Generation of '27, this work analyzes, from a network theory perspective, the role of Bergamín and his journal Cruz y Raya as an editorial hub, and Marichalar as a cultural intermediary between Madrid, Paris, and London. It then examines how Diego and Zambrano sought to recover a sense of the sacred in a modernity in crisis: Diego through the poetic-liturgical path and Zambrano through her poetic reason and her reflection on piety.