The master of the realist novel of nineteenth-century Spain, Benito Perez Galdos, is the subject of "New Galdos Studies", offered in memory of John Varey, author of "Galdos Studies", the foundational text for contemporary Galdosian scholarship. Eamonn Rodgers describes Galdos' early readership and reception; James Whiston illustrates Galdos' creativity in "Lo prohibido"; Rhian Davies explores the enrichment of the novelist's language in "Torquemada en la Cruz"; Teresa Fuentes Peris demonstrates Galdos' radical critique of dominant social assumptions in "Fortunata y Jacinta"; Alex Longhurst deals with the representation of poverty in "Misericordia" while Lisa Conde 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.
The master of the realist novel of nineteenth-century Spain, Benito Perez Galdos, is the subject of "New Galdos Studies", offered in memory of John Varey, author of "Galdos Studies", the foundational text for contemporary Galdosian scholarship. Eamonn Rodgers describes Galdos' early readership and reception; James Whiston illustrates Galdos' creativity in "Lo prohibido"; Rhian Davies explores the enrichment of the novelist's language in "Torquemada en la Cruz"; Teresa Fuentes Peris demonstrates Galdos' radical critique of dominant social assumptions in "Fortunata y Jacinta"; Alex Longhurst deals with the representation of poverty in "Misericordia" while Lisa Conde 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.
Who 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
This collection by eight distinguished [scholars] is testimony to
the wealth and health of Galdós studies.
*BULLETIN OF SPANISH STUDIES*
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