Aníbal Núñez: A new reading of the baroque topic of ruins in the twentieth century

Abstract

Golden Age Tradition has a great relevance in Aníbal Nuñez’s poetry, particularly Góngora and Quevedo’s literature. This paper endeavours to compare the baroque treatment to ruins with the modern approach by Aníbal Núñez, focusing on the survival of baroque features and the innovations included. The most important loci will be the connection between ruins and home and body, the hopes of escaping from ruins through nature, the replacement of pilgrim by stroller and the ruin’s change into a sacred space of wisdom.