Spanish women's writing, 1849-1996

Title:

Author:

Davies, Catherine, 1952-

ISBN:

9781847142122

Personal Author:

Davies, Catherine, 1952-

Publication Information:

London ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ : Athlone Press, 1998.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 334 p.)

Series:

Women in context

Women in context (London, England)

Contents:

Women's lives 1850-1870: the alter and the throne -- The dissimulation of superiority: Cecilia Böhl de Faber, 'Fernán Caballero' (1796-1877) -- The madwoman, dreaming: Rosalía de Castro (1837-1885) -- I, an androgynous person? Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851-1921) -- 'Skirts on the horizon': women and political reform (1912-1940) -- The 'red lady': Carmen de Burgos (1867-1932) -- The libertarian superwoman: Federica Montseny (1905-1994) -- 'Feminine prose': Rosa Chacel (1898-1994) -- Spain under Franco: women and the authoritarian state -- Eve's reply in poetry: Carmen Conde (1907-1996) --Exile, the hideous reality: Mercè Rodoreda (1908-1983) -- Writing from within, with her own voice: Carmen Martín Gaite (1925- ) -- Testing the limits: Lidia Falcón (1935- ) and Esther Tusquets (1936- ) -- Contemporary woman on stage: Ana Diosdado (1938- ).

Subject Term:

Spanish literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.

Spanish literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.

Spanish literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.

Spanish literature.

LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese.

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