The Reception of Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly in Spain

Abstract

One of the most unknown works today by Barbey d’Aurevilly, whose material history is notably complex, gained instant recognition in the Spanish fiction panorama. Ce qui ne meurt pas (1884), that same year of the second edition, became Lo que no muere, published by Ricardo Pérez (Madrid, El Cosmos Editorial).

This article presents the results of a first study about the history of Barbey’s reception in Spain, centring on this remarkable novel and based on the editorial history of the original work and its translation to trace the history of its reception, especially from the 19^th and early 20^th century French and Spanish periodical sources.