{"description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "The literature of the last half-century in Spain is not the less interesting to study because it is largely experimental, largely negative, forming a period of transition, a preparation for a mightier future. If the writers of this period somewhat resemble stone-cutters sitting by a quarry, each diligently chiselling his separate stone, rather making ready the materials for a splendid edifice than themselves building it, their work is nevertheless necessary and important, often individually charming and delightful. That a splendid future awaits Spanish literature can hardly be doubted in view of the ever-increasing interest now taken in Spanish studies throughout the \"civilized\" world and the growing appreciation for the force and beauty of the most noble of living languages. - Introduction."}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2019-12-13T09:54:40.944176"}, "title": "Contemporary Spanish literature", "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-10T07:52:20.148225"}, "covers": [8249178], "subjects": ["History and criticism", "Spanish literature", "Spanisch", "Historia y cr\u00edtica", "Literatura espa\u00f1ola", "Literatur"], "latest_revision": 5, "key": "/works/OL4881727W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL1041343A"}}], "subject_times": ["19th century", "20th century"], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "revision": 5}