Description
Book SynopsisMiguel Delibes' inaugural address to the Royal Spanish Academy in 1975 portrayed "El camino" (1950) as a distant precursor of the emergent Green movement. This text comprises an introductory essay discussing Green issues, attitudes towards the Spanish peasantry under Franco, and the function of the novel's subtly orchestrated comedy.
Trade Review... thought provoking and an effective approach to take with contemporary students.
Squires' edition provides abundant linguistic and cultural footnotes in the main text, a thorough glossary, relevant cultural endnotes and meaningful questions for discussion. His critical analysis that introduces the edition is worthy of scholarly regard in its own right.
We have come a long way from perceiving the novel as a series of unrelated vignettes in service to a conservative ideology rejecting progress.
This edition is a fittingly multi-faceted homage.
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Table of ContentsIntroduction
Miguel Delibes: Spain’s green writer
Selected bibliography
El camino
Endnotes
Temas de debate y discusión
Selected vocabulary
