A Companion to Carmen Martín Gaite

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-85566-177-6
Verlag: Tamesis Books

Buch, Englisch, Band Volume 267, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 614 g

Reihe: Monografías A

Carmen Martín Gaite produced a large body of work in various genres over the course of her five-decade career, though she is primarily known as a novelist, short story writer, and social commentator. Her work at times reflects, and at times defies, the pattern of development in Spanish fiction since the 1950s. This Companion offers a re-reading of Martín Gaite's works, emphasizing her early experimentalism which culminated in mid-career works (notably El cuarto de atrás), and stressing how, in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the majority of Spanish novelists were engaged in a critique of history, Martín Gaite turned to the writing of cultural history, exploring its intersection with narrative fiction in a positivist rather than a nihilistic mode. Her exploration of gender issues, particularly mother-child relations, towards the end of her career anticipated new directions in feminist thought. Discussions of often-ignored works, such as poetry, drama, children's literature, and literary translations, offer insight into sidelined aspects of this writer's literary output.

CATHERINE O'LEARY lectures in Spanish at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth; ALISON RIBEIRO DE MENEZES is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages and Literatures, University College Dublin.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O`leary, Catherine

Ribeiro de Menezes, Alison

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Spanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Entre visillos
Short Stories
Ritmo lento
Retahílas
Fragmentos de interior
El cuatro de atrás
Nubosidade variable
La reina de las nieves
Lo raro es vivir
Irse de casa
Essays and Historical Writings
El cuento de nunca acabar
Theatre and Poetry
Children's Literature and Los parentescos
Conclusion