Visions of filth
Subtitle: deviancy and social control in the novels of Galdós
By: Teresa Fuentes Peris.
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Liverpool
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Pérez Galdós, Benito, 1843-1920 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Deviant behavior in literature.; Social control in literature.; Prostitution in literature.; Poverty in literature.; Alcoholism in literature.
Description: This book explores how notions of deviancy and social control are dramatized in the novels of the late 19th-century Spanish realist author Benito Perez Galdós. His treatment of prostitutes, alcoholics, beggars and vagrants is studied within the context of the socio-cultural and medical debates circulating during the period.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-212) and index.