Calila : the later novels of Carmen Martín Gaite /

Calila : the later novels of Carmen Martín Gaite /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Brown, Joan Lipman, author.
Imprint:	Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, [2021]
Description:	xii, 189 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Campos Ibéricos : Bucknell studies in Iberian literatures and cultures Campos Ibéricos.
Subject:	Martín Gaite, Carmen -- Criticism and interpretation. Martín Gaite, Carmen. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12521864

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ISBN:	9781684483051 1684483050 9781684483068 1684483069 9781684483075 9781684483082 9781684483099
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Calila: The Later Novels of Carmen Martín Gaite explores the last six novels by Spain's most honored contemporary woman writer. Its scholarship is enriched by the voice of Calila herself-as Brown called Martín Gaite, who was a dear friend-as they conversed and exchanged letters during the composition of the novels. The book opens with an introduction to Martín Gaite's life and literature and ends with a consideration of her legacy. Each central chapter analyzes a later novel in its historical, biographical, and critical contexts. From the young adult fantasy Caperucita en Manhattan (Red Riding Hood in Manhattan) to the post-Transition epistolary masterpiece Nubosidad variable (Variable Cloud), the Transition-era saga La Reina de las Nieves (The Farewell Angel), the Proustian reminiscence Lo raro es vivir (Living's the Strange Thing), the narrative tapestry Irse de casa (Leaving Home), and the memoir of family secrets Los parentescos (Family Relations), these fascinating novels evoke themes that resonate today"--

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Calila and her later novels
Backstory : Carmen Martín Gaite's earlier life and literature
Caperucita en Manhattan : a young adult novel of recovery
Nubosidad variable : contemporary feminism in post-transition Spain
La reina de las nieves : rewriting a tragedy of Spain's transition
Lo raro es vivir : existential questions in uncertain times
Irse de casa : back to the future in democratic Spain
Los parentescos : fractured families in the twenty-first century
Conclusion: The later novels and Martín Gaite's legacy.