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This is the first comprehensive study of the later novels of Spain’s most honored contemporary woman writer. Brown shares unpublished letters and conversations with Carmen Martín Gaite—a dear friend whom she called Calila—to elucidate her last six novels, all of which explore themes that are highly relevant today.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Calila and Her Later Novels
1 Backstory: Carmen Martín Gaite's Earlier Life and Literature
2
Caperucita en Manhattan: A Young Adult Novel of Recovery
3
Nubosidad variable: Contemporary Feminism in Post-Transition Spain
4
La Reina de las Nieves: Rewriting a Tragedy of Spain's Transition
5
Lo raro es vivir: Existential Questions in Uncertain Times
6
Irse de casa: Back to the Future in Democratic Spain
7
Los parentheses: Fractured Families in the Twenty-First Century
Conclusion: The Later Novels and Martín Gaite's Legacy
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
JOAN L. BROWN holds the Elias Ahuja Chair of Spanish at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware. She graduated from Vassar College with a degree in Hispanic studies and earned MA and PhD degrees in romance languages-Spanish from the University of Pennsylvania. Her publications have explored canon formation, literature by women, the contemporary Spanish novel, and language and literature pedagogy. Previous books include Secrets from the Back Room: The Fiction of Carmen Martín Gaite, Women Writers of Contemporary Spain: Exiles in the Homeland (editor), Confronting Our Canons: Spanish and Latin American Studies in the 21st Century, Approaches to Teaching the Works of Carmen Martín Gaite (editor), and, with Carmen Martín Gaite, the textbook Conversaciones creadoras: Mastering Spanish Conversation.
Zusammenfassung
Explores the last six novels by Spain´s most honoured contemporary woman writer. Its scholarship is enriched by the voice of Calila herself - as Brown called MartÍn Gaite, who was a dear friend - as they conversed and exchanged letters during the composition of the novels.
