Dona Barbara (Dona Barbara/Lady Barbara)

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ISBN 10: 8423919765 / ISBN 13: 9788423919765

Published by -, 1995

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Synopsis:

Doña Bárbara, novela que supuso a Rómulo Gallegos (1884-1969) la gloria literaria y la definitiva proyección política, constituye uno de los mejores exponentes del mundinovismo. Los escritores que, entre 1920 y 1940, se sitúan en esta línea, abandonan en la narrativa los temas universales del modernismo y aspiran a crear una literatura de fuerte sabor americano. Aquí, sobre el escenario del llano venezolano, que Rómulo Gallegos pinta con magistral plasticidad, se desarrollas el viejo conflicto entre civilización y barbarie, encarnados, respectivamente, por Santos Luzardo y Doña Bárbara. Más allá de la función de tipología simbólica que uno y otra representan, nos encontramos con dos seres de carne y hueso cuyas tensiones ideológicas se resuelven en el contrapunto de una historia de amor. José Carlos González Boixo, que ha preparado esta edición, es catedrático de Literatura Hispanoamericana de la Universidad de León y facilita en su introducción los datos para situar la tesis de esta novela clásica y para gustar su arte. osé Carlos González Boixo, que ha preparado esta edición, facilita en su introducción los datos para situar la tesis de esta novela clásica y para gustar su arte.

About the Author: Rómulo Gallegos was born in Caracas into a family of humble origin. He began his work as a schoolteacher, writer, and journalist in 1903. His novel Doña Bárbara was first published 1929, and as a result was forced to flee Venezuela since he criticized the military regime at the time. He took refuge in Spain, where he continued to write: his acclaimed novels Cantaclaro (1934) and Canaima (1935) date from this period.

He returned to Venezuela in 1936 and served in a variety of senior positions in the government. In 1947 he ran for the presidency of the republic, won the election, took office in February 1948, and was overthown by a military coup d'état the following November. He took refuge first in Cuba and then in Mexico.

He was able to return to Venezuela in 1958. He was appointed a Senator for life, awarded the National Literature Prize, and elected to the Venezuelan Academy of the Language (the correspondent agency in Venezuela of the Spanish Royal Academy). The Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize was created in his honor in 1964, with the first award being made in 1967. He died in Caracas on on April 7, 1969.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dona Barbara (Dona Barbara/Lady Barbara)
Publisher: -
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good