Cultivating Madrid
Subtitle: public space and middle-class culture in the Spanish capital, 1833-1890
By: Daniel Frost.
Publisher: Backnell University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lewisburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780838756799
Subjects: Spanish literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Literature and society -- Spain -- Madrid -- History -- 19th century; Public spaces -- Spain -- Madrid -- History -- 19th century; Land reform -- Spain -- Madrid -- History -- 19th century; Madrid (Spain) -- In literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-207) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The culture of the improver; title: The public landscapes of Ramón de Mesonero Romanos; title: The education of don Periquito : public gardens and metropolitan manners in Larra; title: Madrid and the nature of adultery; title: Paris or Vallecas? uncertain relationships on the city's outskirts.