This genre volume is concerned with the novels of two generations whose works appeared approximately between 1898 and 1936. These years represent signposts in the political history of Spain with the Spanish-American War and the Spanish Civil War during which saw the birth and development of the contemporary novel in Spain. The following authors each have a chapter devoted to their 1. Vicente Blasco The Naturalist Novel; 2. Miguel de The Existentialist Novel; 3. Pio The pure Novel; 4. Ramon del Valle The Aesthetic Novel; 5. Ramon Perex de The Intellectual Novel; 6. Gabriel the Impressionist Novel; 7. Minor Novelists of the Period 1898 to 1936. Notes & References, Selected Biography & an Index.