Mother and myth in Spanish novels
Subtitle: rewriting the maternal archetype
By: Sandra J. Schumm
Publisher: Bucknell University Press/Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781611483581; 9781611483598
Subjects: Motherhood in literature; Archetypes in literature; Women authors; Spanish fiction; Mothers and daughters in literature; History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: recovering the matriarchal goddess of wisdom; title: Reparation to the ghostly mother: Carme Riera's La mitad del alma; title: Revaluing the mother: Lucía Etxebarria's Un milagro en equilibrio; title: Forgiving medusa: Rosa Montero's El corazón del tártaro; title: Ghosts and lovers: writing as antidote in María De La Pau Janer's Las mujeres que hay en mí; title: Activating intuitive communication: Cristina Cerezales' De oca a oca; title: Reaching beyond mothers and daughters: Soledad Puértolas' Historia de un abrigo; title: Conclusion: societal transformations.