Spain: an Interpretation by Ganivet, Angel y Garcia [1865-1898] - 1946

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946 This translation of Ganivet's "Idearum Espanol" [was] made by J.M.Carey. Introduction By R.M. Nadal Ángel Ganivet y García, (born Dec. 13, 1865, Granada, Spain,died Nov. 29, 1898, Riga, Latvia, Russian Empire), Spanish essayist and novelist [his] most important work is the Idearium español (1897; Spain, an Interpretation), an essay that examines the Spanish temperament and the historical basis of the political situation of his country. In this essay he asserts that Spaniards are basically stoical and that the country has wasted its energies on territorial aggrandizement. He maintains that Spain has suffered from "abulia" a state of paralysis of the will. This copy signed on ffep by previous owner, Ronald Bryden, renowned Canadian theatre critic. Neat tiught copy, but cover a little faded. First Thus.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.