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Benito Perez Galdos (1843-1920) was one of Spain's outstanding novelists and the author of two vast cycles of novels and a number of plays. In this critical study of Galdos in English, Stephen Gilman relates the writer and his work to the nineteenth century novel as a genre and traces his artistic growth during a twenty-year period, from his initia



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. vii*Chapter I. Galdos: "Life and Times", pg. 3*Chapter II. La Fontana de Oro, pg. 29*Chapter III. From Trafalgar to Dona Perfecta, pg. 49*Chapter IV. La Desheredada, pg. 84*Chapter V. From La Desheredada to Lo Prohibido, pg. 133*Chapter VI. A Colloquium of Novelists, pg. 154*Chapter VII. The Novelist as Reader, pg. 187*Chapter VIII. The Challenge of Historical Time, pg. 229*Chapter IX. The Art of Listening, pg. 248*Chapter X. The Art of Genesis, pg. 291*Chapter XI. The Art of Consciousness, pg. 320*Chapter XII. Retrospect, pg. 356*Appendix. Classical References in Dona Perfecta, pg. 378*Index, pg. 395

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691614885, 978-0691614885
      ISBN10: 0691614881
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Benito Perez Galdos (1843-1920) was one of Spain's outstanding novelists and the author of two vast cycles of novels and a number of plays. In this critical study of Galdos in English, Stephen Gilman relates the writer and his work to the nineteenth century novel as a genre and traces his artistic growth during a twenty-year period, from his initia



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. vii*Chapter I. Galdos: "Life and Times", pg. 3*Chapter II. La Fontana de Oro, pg. 29*Chapter III. From Trafalgar to Dona Perfecta, pg. 49*Chapter IV. La Desheredada, pg. 84*Chapter V. From La Desheredada to Lo Prohibido, pg. 133*Chapter VI. A Colloquium of Novelists, pg. 154*Chapter VII. The Novelist as Reader, pg. 187*Chapter VIII. The Challenge of Historical Time, pg. 229*Chapter IX. The Art of Listening, pg. 248*Chapter X. The Art of Genesis, pg. 291*Chapter XI. The Art of Consciousness, pg. 320*Chapter XII. Retrospect, pg. 356*Appendix. Classical References in Dona Perfecta, pg. 378*Index, pg. 395

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