Abstract
The 1920s and 1930s witnessed a spurt in cultural activity in Spain. Women's horizons were expanding, which proved fertile ground for female literary production. It was particularly in the area of popular writing that women writers excelled. Many of these authors were activists, emerging from the camps of the radical left. This project will explore the genre and anarcho-feminist thought of the popular novellas in La Novela Ideal (1925-1938), a collection published by the anarchist magazine La Revista Blanca. Classified as romance fiction, these novellas have been neglected by scholars. However, this project will highlight their relevance for a deeper understanding of the interrelation between anarchist and feminist thinking as well as the malleability of the romance genre. Using advanced machine learning methodology, I will demonstrate how these novellas advanced debates that reappeared much later in the 20th and even the 21st century. This project will also underline their contribution to contemporary feminist thought, thus enriching current-day gender studies.
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