From islands in Persiles to Azorín’s nonpresent islands

Abstract

Azorín Persiles’ reading is closely related to his reflections as a “Minor Philosopher”, his historical-literary essays and his political articles. Three ways to approach his idea of Spain as a nation, which contrasts with the Spain imagined in the Persiles from the same three points of view (metaphysical, moral or customs and political). The disorientation, ambiguities and contradictions with which Azorín and his contemporaries raised this issue still remain today.