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This investigation is centered on two objectives: one is to determine whether in Tomelloso, which from 1950 onwards was characterised as being a city linked to literature, this activity is still relevant in the distribution of its spare time. The second objective is to verify whether this city is still a place from which new writers regularly emerge. In addition, this paper aims to provide a sociological explanation of this social phenomenon. Methodological triangulation was used, with qualitative exploratory interviews, surveys, and the management of the bibliography and documentary archives. It is confirmed that there is still a major link to literature in Tomelloso and that writers are still continuously emerging. The phenomenon is explained by relating it to the theories of symbolic interactionism and Robert K. Merton's concept of self-fulfilling prophecies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Th e purpose of the present article is to analyse the fi eld of poetry criticism in Spain in relation to the reception of Antonio Gamoneda’s work, especially after the publication of his Descripción de la mentira in 1977. Th is paper focuses on the exegetic labour performed by Miguel Casado since 1987 (year of publication of Gamoneda’s Edad), when he started to critique the methodologies of the dominant criticism in Spain. Based on the relation between criticism and literature, this paper proposes the formulation of a critique of criticism that moves away from lineal and progressive postulates and views the history of literature from the departing notion of history in a mesh. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]