In this book, Faber assesses the long-term impact of the Spanish Civil War on Hispanic Studies as an academic field in the United States and Great Britain. Combining institutional history with biography, the book gives a compelling account of the dilemmas that the war posed for four Hispanists who turned their love of Spain into their life's work.

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Sebastiaan Faber is an Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies at Oberlin College.

Inhalt
PART I: HISPANOPHILIA, COMMITMENT, DISCIPLINE Labor of Love: Hispanism as Hispanophilia PART II: WATCHING OUR TONGUES, PENS, AND AFFILIATIONS: AMERICAN HISPANISM AND THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR Politics and Professionalism: Don't Mention the War U.S. Hispanism and the Quest for Prestige: Genealogy of a Discipline Herbert R. Southworth: The Rebirth of the "Amateur" Hispanist Paul P. Rogers: Frustrations of a Radical Hispanist PART III: "A BALANCED AND IMPARTIAL VIEW": BRITISH HISPANISM AND THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR "An Honest Seeker After Truth": E. Allison Peers and the Illusion of Impartiality "Spain Is My Country, Revolution or No Revolution": Love and Politics in Gerald Brenan British Hispanists and the Curse of Conservatism Conclusion: Legitimacy and Spanish Civil War Discourse