Spain's Martyred Cities: From the Battle of Madrid to Picasso's Guernica

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Spain's Martyred Cities studies international reactions to the Spanish Civil War between the Battle of Madrid in November 1936 and the bombing of Guernica in April 1937. Many of the iconic events of the war belong to this key period, when international perceptions of the conflict were decisively shaped. The subject is approached through French and British newspapers and pamphlets, and events are linked to both their immediate press coverage and subsequent literary and artistic representations. For contemporaries, the aerial bombardments of Madrid, Guernica and other cities formed part of a single unbroken narrative. It was only later that Guernica acquired its perceived symbolic primacy. Censored reports of the French correspondent Louis Delapree on the bombing of Madrid and his earliest reporting (July-October 1936) were from both the Nationalist and Republican zones, and are used to provide an introductory overview of the early stages of the war. This book shows that Delapree's reports were also an important catalyst in Picasso's artistic involvement in the war, culminating in his Guernica." Front Cover Dedication Title Page Copyright Contents The Cañada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies Series Editor’s Preface Author’s Preface and Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Author’s Note Part I: The News From Spain 1 Reporting a War Louis Delaprée and Paris-Soir ‘The road to Madrid’ Press coverage of the Spanish Civil War 2 Delaprée in Insurgent and Republican Territory In rebel Castile (July 1936) Through Republican Spain (August–September 1936) Excursus: A women’s war Part II: Madrid, The “Martyred and Heroic City” 3 The Battle of Madrid Waiting for the Nationalists (October 1936) Madrid battlefield (7–23 November 1936) Excursus on the ‘frontline of Babel’: Reporting the International Brigades 4 Bombs over Madrid Bombs over Spain Madrid and Getafe: Counting the dead (30 October–23 November 1936) Dispatches from a ‘martyred city’ Death of a journalist 5 The Reconstructed Texts of Louis Delaprée’s The Martyrdom of Madrid A note on the text Part III: The Art of Lying 6 Aftermath in “The Industry of Lies” The downing of the embassy plane The Delaprée affair: “The voice of a dead man accuses the lying press” Picasso’s Dream and Lie of Franco “Dead bodies and ruined houses”: Virginia Woolf’s Three Guineas Delaprée’s shade in Malraux’s Man’s Hope 7 Madrid, Durango, Gernika: Three ‘Martyred’ Cities and Picasso’s Guernica Images of ‘martyred’ Durango The renewed artillery bombardments of Madrid (April 1937) Towards the Guernica: Picasso and “the lying press, the murderous press” Notes Bibliography Index Back Cover