175 years of Catalan railway poetry: The 19th century

Authors

  • Jordi Font-Agustí

Keywords:

railway, train, Catalan poetry, railway metaphors, Renaixença, Modernisme

Abstract

This article seeks to show that, from the very moment of its implementation in Catalonia 175 years ago, the railway has always been accompanied by poetry. From the circulation of the first train and during the growth of the network in the 19th century, the poets of the Renaixença and Modernisme movements celebrated with odes and other poetic forms the arrival of a transport means that was a symbol of progress. When necessary, however, they used satirical poetry to criticize its adverse effects. This opened up a space for railway-themed poetry that has continued up to our day.

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Published

2023-09-22

How to Cite

Font-Agustí, J. (2023). 175 years of Catalan railway poetry: The 19th century. Revista De Tecnologia, (11), 44–52. Retrieved from https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/RTEC/article/view/150642

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