Enrique Menéndez Pelayo y la biblioteca de su hermano

Authors

  • Mario Crespo López
Keywords: Biblioteca, Epistolary, Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo, Enrique Menéndez Pelayo, Miguel Artigas

Abstract

Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo was particularly proud of his library. He used to think about it as his greatest work, since his written works were constantly under revision and subject to critique. Since he was a perfectionist he never felt completely satisfied with the books he wrote. Nevertheless he considered his library in Santander as a place of study and peacefulness where he could meet other authors and scholars. He used to visit it whenever he was able to. His younger brother Enrique played a key role in the creation and organization of the library and he was the first librarian since their father’s death in 1899. After Marcelino passed away in 1912 Enrique ensured that his brother’s will and the dispositions towards his legacy were complied with. The correspondence between the two brothers talks about the development of the library that is the acquisition of works, the construction of a pavilion in the house’s garden, the remittance of books from Madrid, the caution showed by Marcelino to preserve the best works from the library, the interchange of bibliographic research news, the visits of different scholars and reforms or maintenance of the building.

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Published
19-05-2015
How to Cite
Crespo López, M. (2015). Enrique Menéndez Pelayo y la biblioteca de su hermano. Monteagudo. Revista de Literatura Española, Hispanoamericana y Teoría de la Literatura, (17), 29–46. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/monteagudo/article/view/227991
Issue
No. 17 (2012): Menéndez Pelayo. Cien años después (1912-2012)
Section
Artículos

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