La sección de Archivos de Literatura Española Contemporánea (1932–1936) y su labor difusora de la obra creativa de la mujer en la Edad de Plata

Abstract

Archivos de Literatura Espanola Contemporanea (1932-1936) -a section of the Centro de Estudios Historicos (CEH) whose extensive documentation has so far remained mostly unknown -and the magazine Indice Literario are a privileged source of information regarding the Hispanic cultural landscape of the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1936), including the intellectual and creative contribution made by women to the Edad de Plata. In this article we explain CEH's involvement in facilitating women's access to culture; describe the origins of Archivos de -Literatura -Contemporanea and provide the biographical context of its key members; and analyse the information in the Archivos and in the Indice Literario on the group of female intellectuals and writers which the CEH decided to promote in the 1930s.