Dickens in Galdos (Comparative Cultures and Literatures, Vol. 12)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: April 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780820442907
Subjects: 1812-1870; 1843-1920; Criticism and interpretation; Dickens, Charles,; Influence; Perez Galdos, Benito,; Pâerez Galdâos, Benito,; Literature: Classics
Description: "Spanish novelist Benito Perez Galdos (1843-1920) stated that one of his greatest influences was the English novelist Charles Dickens. This study focuses on Dickens' use of type characters as tools for social criticism and the manner in which Galdos utilizes these same types in order to critique Spanish society.

The three major types analysed in this study are the religious ascetic, the miser, and Dickens' and Galdos' versions of the Lazarillo, who is perceived as a type of national savior."--BOOK JACKET.