UID:
edocfu_9959090383502883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781487531683
Series Statement:
Toronto Iberic
Content:
Imagined Truths provides a twenty-first-century analysis of stylistic and philosophical manifestations of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Spanish literary realism. Bringing together the work of the foremost specialists in the field of contemporary Spanish letters, this collection offers new approaches to literary and cultural criticism and reveals how Spanish realism, far from being imitative of other European movements, engaged in complex and modern concepts of representation and mimesis. Imagined Truths acknowledges the critical importance of women writers and contemporary approaches to questions of gender. The essays address the impact of economics on our perceptions of reality and our constructions of everyday life, and they argue for the importance of emotions in the social construction of individual identity. Most importantly, they also acknowledge the post-imperial turn in literary studies. Addressing a broad range of authors, works, and topics, from the continued relevance of Cervantes' Don Quijote to Spanish realism's ability to move beyond narrative to inhabit the spaces of both theatre and film, Imagined Truths constitutes a series of meditations on new ways for understanding the unique place of realism in Spain's cultural history. Offering insights for specialists in a wide range of disciplines, including literature, cultural studies, gender studies, history, and philosophy, this collection is equally important for readers becoming acquainted with realist narrative as a central component of Spanish literary history.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction /
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Part One. Nineteeth-Century Spanish Realism: Root and Branch --
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1. Arabella's Veil: Translating Realism in Don Quijote con faldas (1808) /
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2. Between Costumbrista Sketch and Short Story: Armando Palacio Valdés's Aguas fuertes /
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3. Money, Capital, Monstrosity: Metaphorical Matrices of Realism in Antonio Flores's Ayer, hoy y mañana /
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Part Two. Modernity and the Parameters of Nineteenth-Century Spanish Realism --
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4. The Physician in the Narratives of Galdós and Clarín /
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5. Travelling by Streetcar through Madrid with Galdós and Pardo Bazán /
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6. Urban Hyperrealism: Galdós's Dickensian Descriptions of Madrid /
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7. Observed versus Imaginative Communities: Creative Realism in Galdós's Misericordia /
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Part Three. Stretching the Limits of Spanish Realism --
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8. Colonialism, Collages, and Thick Description: Pardo Bazán and the Rhetoric of Detail /
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9. Embodied Minds: Critical Erotic Decisions in La Regenta /
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10. María Zambrano on Women, Realism, and Freedom /
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Part Four. The Challenges of Genre: Spanish Realism beyond the Novel --
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11. Writing (Un)clear Code: The Letters and Fiction of Emilia Pardo Bazán and Benito Pérez Galdós /
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12. "Volvía Galdós triunfante": Fortunata y Jacinta on Stage (1930) /
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13. When Reality Is Too Harsh to Bear: Role-Play in Juan Marsé's "Historia de detectives" /
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Contributors --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3138/9781487531683
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487531683
