Madness, love and tragedy in nineteenth and twentieth century Spain
By: edited by Marta Manrique Gómez
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9781443848602
Subjects: Mental illness in literature; Spanish drama (Tragedy); Spanish literature; Love in literature; History and criticism
Description: "How do Spanish writers of the 19th and 20th century define and represent madness, a basic and controversial aspect of world culture, and how do the different conceptions of madness intersect with love, religion, politics, and other literary themes in Spanish society? This multi-author book analyzes the theme of madness in formative masterpieces of Spanish literature of the 19th and 20th century through the use of relevant critical and theoretical approaches. In this context, authors studied in this book include Juan Valera, Leopoldo Alas Clarin, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Caterina Albert, Benito Pérez Galdos, Miguel de Unamuno, and Juan Goytisolo, among others"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Chapter One.; title: Madly in Love : Female Identity and Subversion in Nineteenth Century Spanish Literature  -- María Luisa Guardiola -- Chapter Two.; title: A Psychosexual Evaluation of the Male Protagonist in Pepita Jiménez  -- David Ross Gerling -- Chapter Three.; title: Towards an Understanding of Madness, Love, and Tragedy and the Female Characters of la Regenta, Tristana, and la Desheredada  -- Marta Manrique Gómez --  -- Chapter Four.; title: Traditions of Envy, Madness, and Tragedy in Unamuno's Abel Sánchez and the Bible  -- Alexandra Kennedy and Marta Manrique-Gómez -- Chapter Five.; title: Love-Madness as Parody in Juan Goytisolo's Duelo en el Paraíso -- Emily Eaton.