The Language and Iconography of the Underworld in Barcelona, 1820 to 1900

FAIN: FA-11740-77

Temma Kaplan
Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8559)

To produce a book which uses linguistic, medical and iconographic sources to view the underworld in Barcelona between 1820 and 1900. The book deals with "Els miserables; the masses of poor people who fled to Barcelona during the 19th century civil wars and who were important to the development of political and literary movements in the city.