Del i serien New Hispanisms: Cultural and Literary Studies

Spanish Women Writers and Spain's Civil War

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

AvMaryellen Bieder,Roberta Johnson

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The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) pitted conservative forces including the army, the Church, the Falange (fascist party), landowners, and industrial capitalists against the Republic, installed in 1931 and supported by intellectuals, the petite bourgeoisie, many campesinos (farm laborers), and the urban proletariat. Provoking heated passions on both sides, the Civil War soon became an international phenomenon that inspired a number of literary works reflecting the impact of the war on foreign and national writers. While the literature of the period has been the subject of scholarship, women's literary production has not been studied as a body of work in the same way that literature by men has been, and its unique features have not been examined. Addressing this lacuna in literary studies, this volume provides fresh perspectives on well-known women writers, as well as less studied ones, whose works take the Spanish Civil War as a theme. The authors represented in this collection reflect a wide range of political positions. Writers such as Maria Zambrano, Mercè Rodoreda, and Josefina Aldecoa were clearly aligned with the Republic, whereas others, including Mercedes Salisachs and Liberata Masoliver, sympathized with the Nationalists. Most, however, are situated in a more ambiguous political space, although the ethics and character portraits that emerge in their works might suggest Republican sympathies. Taken together, the essays are an important contribution to scholarship on literature inspired by this pivotal point in Spanish history.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-12-15
Mått152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt498 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Hispanisms: Cultural and Literary Studies
Antal sidor256
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781472476838

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CONTENTSINTRODUCTION: Spanish Women Writers and Spain’s Civil WarROBERTA JOHNSON AND MARYELLEN BIEDERMaría Zambrano’s Enduring Drama: Remembering the Spanish Civil War SHIRLEY MANGINILiving the War, Writing the War: Poetic Figuration in Mercè’s La plaçadel DiamantMARYELLEN BIEDERSpaces of Enclosure in Liberata Masoliver’s Barcelona en llamasLISA NALBONEHybrid Discourses and Double Voices: Re-evaluating the Spanish Civil War in Mercedes Salisachs’s NovelsCHRISTINE ARKINSTALLThe Last Battle: Gloria Fuertes and the Politics of Emotion in Her Late Civil War PoemsREYES VILA-BELDAThe Theater of Maria Aurèlia Capmany and the Reverberations of Civil War (History, Censorship, Silence)SHARON G. FELDMAN Carmen Laforet's Inspiration for Nada (1945) ISRAEL ROLÓN-BARADA Carmen Martín Gaite's Concept of Ruins ROBERTA JOHNSONNovels as History Lessons in Ana María Matute’s Primera memoria (1960) and Demonios familiares (2014): From Betrayal to SolidaritySILVIA BERMÚDEZThe Phantasm of Civil War in Josefina Aldecoa’s Novelistic TrilogyDAVID K. HERZBERGERImpossible Neutrality: Civil War and Melodrama in Marina Mayoral’s NovelsROSALÍA CORNEJO PARRIEGOMontserrat Roig and the Civil War: Questions of Genre, Gender, and Authorial PresenceCATHERINE G. BELLVER Family Documents, Analogy, and Reconciliation in the Works of Carme RieraKATHRYN EVERLYDead Woman Walking: "Historical Memory," Trauma, and Adaptation in Dulce Chacón’s La voz dormidaMICHAEL UGUARTECONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES