Menéndez Pelayo y la literatura comparada

Abstract

The birth of literary comparatism takes place between the publication of the first volumes of the History of Aesthetic Ideas and the editing of Origins of the Novel. It is absolutely impossible for the work of Don Marcelino, of restless spirit and a tireless reader, to not be involved in the cultural events taking place in line with his own work. Although he does not use the term comparative literature as the title of any of his works, this article shows, through an analytical review and a brief anthology of his work, Menéndez Pelayo's relationship with the discipline that marks the renewal of twentieth-century literary studies.