Transatlantic Correspondence Modernity Epistolarity and Literature in Spain and Spanish America 18981992 by Jos Luis Venegas explores how influential Spanish and Spanish American writers used letters in their literary works to formulate distinctive visions of modernity. Bringing into the discussion authors such as Rubn Daro Miguel de Unamuno Carmen Martn Gaite and Gabriel Garca Mrquez Venegas reveals unsuspected connections between the authors literary use of epistolary writing and their opinions about the place of Hispanic culture and civilization within a global context. Transatlantic Correspondence contributes to broader debates on literary transnationalism and the contradictory nature of modernity. ampampnbsp Each chapter frames literary works by authors from both sides of the Atlantic within key historical events spanning the loss of Spains overseas possessions in 1898 to the commemoration of Columbuss quincentennial in 1992. This broad range of historical reference is counterpointed by the nuanced examination of a single formal feature in a wide variety of canonical and noncanonical texts. Drawing on insights from postcolonial studies the book addresses the link between historical transformations that traverse decades and continents and specific stylistic choices in order to foster an understanding of Hispanic literary and cultural studies that is not limited by categories such as movement generation and national literature.