In the early decades of the twentieth century, New York caught the attention of Spanish writers. Many of them visited the city and returned to tell their experience in the form of a literary text. That is the case of Pruebas de Nueva York (1927) by JosE Moreno Villa (1887-1955), El crisol de las razas (1929) by Teresa de Escoriaza (1891-1968), AnticIpolis (1931) by Luis de Oteyza (1883-1961) and La ciudad automAtica (1932) by Julio Camba (1882-1962). In tune with similar representations in other European works, the image of New York given in these texts reflects the tensions and anxieties...
In the early decades of the twentieth century, New York caught the attention of Spanish writers. Many of them visited the city and returned to tell th...