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Book SynopsisThe 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.
Trade ReviewThis collection by eight distinguished [scholars] is testimony to the wealth and health of Galdós studies. * BULLETIN OF SPANISH STUDIES *
Table of ContentsWho read Galdós? The economics of the book trade in nineteenth- century Spain - E J Rodgers Change and creativity in Galdós' writing: the first draft of the Lo prohibido manuscript - James Whiston The manuscript of Torquemada en la cruz: a stage in a creative process - Rhian Davies Images of filth: representation of the poor in 'Una visita al cuarto estado' - Teresa Fuentes Peris Representations of the 'fourth estate' in Galdós, Blasco and Baroja - C Alex Longhurst Is Tristana a feminist novel? - Lisa Condé Love, art, and religion in the Galdós of the early 1890s: the case of Tristana - Eric Southworth Galdós rewrites Galdós: the deaths of children and the dying century - Nicholas G. Round
