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Jesús Rubio Jiménez
Universidad de Zaragoza
Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7442-6838
Vol 28 (2022), Monográfico: Últimos avances en el estudio del retrato literario / Coordinadora: Amparo de Juan Bolufer (U. Santiago de Compostela).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15304/moenia.id8287
Submitted: 24-02-2022 Accepted: 08-02-2023 Published: 28-03-2023
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Abstract

Pérez Galdos was one of the intellectual references that was essential for Spanish liberalism. During the last months of his life, he was still considered to be a national writer and a great patriarch of Spanish literature. So as to measure the reach and significance of his social leadership, this article analyzes texts and images from two episodes: the construction of the monument dedicated to this author in the Retiro in Madrid (1918-1919) and the tribute that was paid to him by the liberal press and the people from Madrid when he passed away on the fourth of January 1920.