A study of the reactions in American and British scholars of Spain to the Spanish Civil War. It assesses the long-term impact of the Spanish Civil War on Hispanic Studies as an academic field in the United States and Great Britain.

This is a study of the reactions of American and British scholars of Spain to the Spanish Civil War. It is elegantly written and thoroughly researched. It offers fascinating insights into the history and current state of Hispanic Studies in the United States and Great Britain.In this book, Faber assesses the long-term impact of the Spanish Civil War on Hispanic Studies as an academic field in the United States and Great Britain. Combining institutional history with biography, the book gives a compelling account of the dilemmas that the war posed for four Hispanists who turned their love of Spain into their life's work.

PART I: HISPANOPHILIA, COMMITMENT, DISCIPLINE
Labor of Love: Hispanism as Hispanophilia
PART II: WATCHING OUR TONGUES, PENS, AND AFFILIATIONS: AMERICAN HISPANISM AND THE SPANISH
CIVIL WAR
Politics and Professionalism: Don't Mention the War
U.S. Hispanism and the Quest for Prestige: Genealogy of a Discipline
Herbert R. Southworth: The Rebirth of the "Amateur" Hispanist
Paul P. Rogers: Frustrations of a Radical Hispanist
PART III: "A BALANCED AND IMPARTIAL VIEW": BRITISH HISPANISM AND THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
"An Honest Seeker After Truth": E. Allison Peers and the Illusion of Impartiality
"Spain Is My Country, Revolution or No Revolution": Love and Politics in Gerald Brenan
British Hispanists and the Curse of Conservatism
Conclusion: Legitimacy and Spanish Civil War Discourse.