Spanish Literature

Spanish Literature
Author: David William Foster
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2001
Genre: Literature and society
ISBN: 9780815335658

This anthology examines Love's Labours Lost from a variety of perspectives and through a wide range of materials. Selections discuss the play in terms of historical context, dating, and sources; character analysis; comic elements and verbal conceits; evidence of authorship; performance analysis; and feminist interpretations. Alongside theater reviews, production photographs, and critical commentary, the volume also includes essays written by practicing theater artists who have worked on the play. An index by name, literary work, and concept rounds out this valuable resource.

The Sin of Father Amaro

The Sin of Father Amaro
Author: Eça de Queirós
Publisher: London : M. Reinhardt
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1962
Genre: Hypocrisy
ISBN:

Centers on a priest's seduction of a young and innocent girl, Amelia--a candid indictment of moral and social decadence, of a corrupt society ministered to by a smug and hypocritical clergyman--a moving story of human passion and human fallibility.

Importing Madame Bovary

Importing Madame Bovary
Author: E. Amann
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2006-12-11
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0312376146

After its succès de scandale in France in 1856, Flaubert's Madame Bovary was widely adapted, sometimes so closely they were dismissed as plagiarism yet they achieved canonical status in their national traditions. This study traces Madame Bovary's journey abroad and asks why the novel was given such import in foreign literatures.

Ellas se aburren

Ellas se aburren
Author: Sonia Núñez Puente
Publisher:
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2001
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

A partir del análisis de La Regenta, la novela de Leopoldo Alas, y tomando como referencia dos obras literarias fundacionales, como Madame Bovary de Flaubert y Middlemarch de George Eliot, la autora se adentra en esos universos literarios con dos objetivos muy claros que se interrelacionan: en primer lugar, examinar globalmente el fenómeno del tedio que se conoce como ennui, sus rasgos esenciales y su papel en el entramado cultural europeo decimonónico; en segundo lugar, analizar cómo este fenómeno se manifiesta en la configuración de un tipo de personaje femenino que, a partir de este instante, se convertirá en un referente ineludible en la novela de la última mitad del siglo XIX.