Doubting Doubt: The Power of Skepticism and Paradox in Antonio Machado’s Poetry and Philosophical Thought

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Antonio Machado (Sevilla, 1875 - Collioure, 1939) is one of the great figures of modern European literature. Antonio Machado was not only a major Spanish poet, he was also an exemplary poet-philosopher, who was poetically concerned with questions of metaphysics and intuition. Antonio Machado's thought invites us to widen the limits of knowledge, to rise above the senses through speculative thought, embracing the multiple paradoxes, antinomies, stuttering and contradictions that are an attempt to understand the intimate life of the world, while recognizing the ultimate impossibility of such a task.

Nuria Morgado is Professor of Hispanic Studies at the College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY). Her research interests include modern and contemporary Hispanic literature, cultural studies, comparative literature, and the relationship between literature, culture and philosophy. Professor Morgado has edited and co-edited several books and has published numerous essays, chapters in books, interviews and reviews both nationally and internationally. She is Full Member of the American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE) and the editor of BANLE, the journal of the American Academy of the Spanish Language. She is currently finishing a manuscript on Spanish author, Antonio Machado.

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