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The Modern West Belongs to Valle-Inclán’s Esperpento, Not Nolan’s Odyssey

Nolan distorts classical myth to preserve heroic grandeur; Valle-Inclán’s esperpento deforms it to show that the ideal has decayed into satire.

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