Bética

Bética was an illustrated cultural magazine which existed between 1913 and 1917. It was headquartered in Seville, Spain.

Bética
CategoriesCultural magazine
FrequencyBiweekly magazine
Monthly magazine
Founded1914
First issueNovember 1914
Final issue1917
CountrySpain
Based inSeville
LanguageSpanish

History and profile

Bética was launched in Seville in November 1913 as a biweekly magazine.[1][2] The magazine was affiliated with the Centros Andaluces.[1] Later its frequency was switched to monthly.[3] The magazine covered literary and cultural work and adopted a modernist and art nouveau approach.[1] It also supported regionalism for Andalusia.[4] It folded in 1917.[3]

Staff and contributors

Félix Sánchez-Blanco was the director of Bética whose deputy was Félix Sánchez-Blanco y Pardo.[1] The poet Felipe Cortines y Murube also served in the magazine.[1] Santiago Martínez y Martín was its chief artistic editor and Javier Lasso de la Vega its chief literary editor.[1] Major contributors included Isidro de las Cagigas,[4] Francisco Rodríguez Marín, Mario Méndez Bejarano, Quintero brothers, Ricardo de León, Salvador Rueda, Gabriel Maura, Armando Palacio Valdés, Francisco Cambó, Joaquín Hazañas, Ángel María Camacho, Joaquín González Verger and Alejandro Guichot.[3]

References

  1. "La revista Bética en su centenario" (in Spanish). Andalucía Información. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  2. Noël Valis (2003). The Culture of Cursilería: Bad Taste, Kitsch, and Class in Modern Spain. Durham, NC; London: Duke University Press. p. 263. ISBN 978-0-8223-8428-1.
  3. "Bética (Sevilla)" (in Spanish). Hemeroteca Digital. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  4. Sandie Holguín (2019). Flamenco Nation: The Construction of Spanish National Identity. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 122, 128. ISBN 978-0-299-32180-2.
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