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Book SynopsisThe origins of the Spanish novel date back to the early picaresque novels and Don Quixote, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and the history of the genre in Spain presents the reader with such iconic works as Galdós''s Fortunata and Jacinta, Clarín''s La Regenta, or Unamuno''s Mist. A History of the Spanish Novel traces the developments of Spanish prose fiction in order to offer a comprehensive and detailed account of this important literary tradition. It opens with an introductory chapter that examines the evolution of the novel in Spain, with particular attention to the rise and emergence of the novel as a genre, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and the bearing of Golden-Age fiction in later novelists of all periods. The introduction contextualises the Spanish novel in the circumstances and milestones of Spain''s history, and in the wider setting of European literature. The volume is comprised of chapters presented diachronically, from the sixteenth to the tw
Table of ContentsJ A Garrido Ardila: Preface J A Garrido Ardila: A Concise Introduction to the History of the Spanish Novel E. Michael Gerli: The Novel Before The Novel in Sixteenth-Century Spain Simone Pinet: The Chivalric Romance in the Sixteenth Century Edward H. Friedman: Roads Untaken: The Spanish Picaresque Novel Anthony J. Cascardi: Consequences of Don Quixote: The Bearable Lightness of Cervantes' Influence Howard Mancing: Spanish Fiction of the Seventeenth Century Marina S. Brownlee: The Fear and Fascination of María de Zayas Joaquín Álvarez Barrientos: The Spanish Novel in the Eighteenth Century Michael Iarocci: The Romantic Historical Novel. A Case Study of Enrique Gil y Carrasco's El señor de Membibre Luis Álvarez-Castro: The Naturalist Novel in Spain: Nationalism, Morality, and Aesthetics Noël Valis: On the Matter of Inner Realism: Clarín's La Regenta and Galdós' Fortunata y Jacinta Michael P. Predmore: The Life and Works of Benito Pérez Galdós Denise DuPont: Quixotes and Chimeras in the Novels of Emilia Pardo Bazán J. A. Garrido Ardila and Elizabeth Tetley: The Modernist Novel in Spain Donald L. Shaw: The Novels of Pío Baroja Susan Larson: The Avant-Garde Novel: The Search for New Concepts of Aesthetic and Social Engagement Germán Gullón: The Banquet Years of the Spanish Novel: By Invitation Only
