Two Women - A Novel

The first openly feminist novel published in Spanish, Two Women tells the riveting tale of a tumultuous love triangle among a brilliant, young, widowed countess, her inexperienced lover, and his pure and virtuous wife. This first English translation captures the lyrical romanticism of the novel’s prose and includes a scholarly introduction to the author and her work.

List of contents

Introduction

Two Women by Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda

Translator's Note

Afterword

Select Bibliography

 

About the author

GERTRUDIS GÓMEZ DE AVELLANEDA (1814-1873) is an acclaimed Romantic author who was born and raised in Cuba and spent most of her adult life in Spain. A highly successful playwright, novelist, and poet during her lifetime, through her works she waged an ardent campaign to promote social and economic equality for women.
 
BARBARA F. ICHIISHI is the author of The Apple of Earthly Love: Female Development in Esther Tusquets' Fiction, and the translator of many of Tusquets' major works. She has written articles on Spanish and Latin American women's literature, and co-translated Edouard Glissant's historical drama Monsieur Toussaint.

Summary

An introspective narrative that unfolds in a fluid musical style, Two Women was the first full-fledged feminist novel to appear in the Hispanic lands, promoting visionary ideas on women's freedom of thought and action that are still subjects of debate today, nearly two centuries later. This is the first English translation of the novel.

Product details

• Authors: Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, Gertrudis Gómez De Avellaneda, Gertrudis Gomez De Avellaneda, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda (1814-1873), Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814-1873), Barbara F. Ichiishi, Barbara F. Avellaneda Ichiishi, ICHIISHI AVELLANEDA
• Assisted by: Barbara F Ichiishi (Translation), Barbara F. Ichiishi (Translation)
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781684483150
• ISBN: 978-1-68448-315-0
• No. of pages: 294
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies