Memorias de un hombre de acción y pensamiento
By: Luis Monguió ; entrevistado por John Polt en 1996. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Polt, John Herman Richard, 1929-; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 2003
Subjects: Monguió, Luis.; Ballesteros, Rafael, 1938-; Valle-Inclán, Ramón del, 1866-1936.; Ortega y Gasset, José, 1883-1955.; Rubió y Lluch, Antonio, 1856-1937.; Unamuno, Miguel de, 1864-1936.; Machado, Antonio, 1838-1895.; Morley, S. Griswold 1878-1970.; Torres-Rioseco, Arturo, 1897-; Mistral, Gabriela, 1889-1957.; Schevill, Rudolph, 1874-1946.; Alegría, Fernando, 1918-; Rodríguez Moñino, Antonio R., 1910-1970.; University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese -- Faculty.; Mills College -- Faculty.; Spanish literature -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.; Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939.
Description: Family and youth in Spain; education at the University of Barcelona, 1923-1926, and at the University of Madrid, 1926-1928, in law; career in the diplomatic services before and during the Spanish Civil War, 1930-1939; thoughts on Second Spanish Republic; marriage to Helen Arnett; immigration to the United States; graduate studies at Berkeley in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, 1940-1942; service in United States Army military intelligence; teaching at Mills College, 1941-1942, 1946-1957, and at UC Berkeley, 1957-1975; return to Spain after Franco's death; marriage to Alicia Colombí; teaching activities in retirement; thoughts on the future of Hispanic studies, teaching literature, and literary criticism. Comments on Rafael Ballesteros, Ramón del Valle Inclán, José Ortega y Gasset, Antoni Rubio i Lluch, Miguel de Unamuno, Antonio Machado, S. Griswold Morley, Arturo Torres Ríoseco, Gabriela Mistral, Rudolf Schevill, Fernando Alegría, Antonio Rodríguez-Moñino, and others.