New Galds Studies (Hardcover)

Nicholas G. Round

ISBN 10: 1855660865 / ISBN 13: 9781855660861

Published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd, Woodbridge, 2003

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Hardcover. The master of the realist novel of nineteenth-century Spain, Benito Perez Galdos, is the subject of New Galdos Studies, offered in memory of John Varey, author of Galdos Studies, the foundational text for contemporary Galdosian scholarship. Eamonn Rodgers describes Galdos's early readership and reception; James Whiston illustrates Galdos's creativity in Lo prohibido; Rhian Davies explores the enrichment of the novelist's language in Torquemada en la Cruz; Teresa Fuentes Peris demonstrates Galdos's radical critique of dominant social assumptions in Fortunata y Jacinta; Alex Longhurst deals with the representation of poverty in Misericordia while Lisa Conde detects a feminist intention in Tristana/; Eric Southworth finds rich cultural and spiritual allusion in the same work; Nichols Round relates the deaths of children in the Torquemada/ novels and Angel Guerra to end-of-century ideological concerns. The master of the realist novel of nineteenth-century Spain, Benito Perez Galdos, is the subject of these new studies. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: New Galds Studies (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, Woodbridge
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1855660865
• ISBN 13: 9781855660861
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The master of the realist novel of nineteenth-century Spain, Benito Pérez Galdós, is the subject of these new studies.

The master of the realist novel of nineteenth-century Spain, Benito Pérez Galdós, is the subject of New Galdós Studies, offered in memory of John Varey, author of Galdós Studies, the foundational text for contemporary Galdosian scholarship. Eamonn Rodgers describes Galdós's early readership and reception; James Whiston illustrates Galdós's creativity in Lo prohibido; Rhian Davies explores the enrichment of the novelist's language in Torquemada en la Cruz; Teresa Fuentes Peris demonstrates Galdós's radical critique of dominant social assumptions in Fortunata y Jacinta; Alex Longhurst deals with the representation of poverty in Misericordia while Lisa Condé detects a feminist intention in Tristana; Eric Southworth finds rich cultural and spiritual allusion in the same work; Nichols Round relates the deaths of children in the Torquemada novels and Angel Guerra to end-of-century ideological concerns.

Review

This collection by eight distinguished (scholars) is testimony to the wealth and health of Galdós studies. BULLETIN OF SPANISH STUDIES