Contemporary Feminist Fiction in Spain - The Work of Montserrat Roig and Rosa Montero

In this timely new study, Catherine Davies provides a critical analysis of post-Franco Spain''s most successful women novelists. Delving first into the development of feminism and women''s writing and its critical reception in Spain since 1970, the author then focuses on two of the most popular and influential feminist novelists: Barcelona''s Montserrat Roig (1946-1991) and Madrid''s Rosa Montero (b. 1951). These writers'' works share woman-centered themes such as family relationships, the search for self-fulfillment in a restrictive society, and the hope for the construction of a new world order. Catherine Davies provides a critical analysis of their complete oeuvre and a fascinating overview of contemporary women''s writing in Spain.>

Product details

• Authors: Catharine Davies, Catherine Davies, Davies Catherine
• Assisted by: John A. Flower (Editor)
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.12.1994
• EAN: 9781859730867
• ISBN: 978-1-85973-086-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 17 mm
• Series: New Directions in European Writing; New Directions in European Wri; New Directions in European Writing
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, Spanish, Feminism & feminist theory, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Feminism and feminist theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form