Mother and myth in Spanish novels : rewriting the maternal archetype /

Remembering the forgotten mother is a major theme in Myth & Mother in Spanish Novels and reflects the current interest in the recuperation of historic memory in Spain. The novels in this study feature mature protagonists who recall their mothers as a way to define their own identities and to nul...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schumm, Sandra J., 1947-
Autor Corporativo: Bucknell University Press
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Bucknell University Press/Rowman & Littlefield, ©2011.
Temas:
Spanish fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
Motherhood in literature.
Mothers and daughters in literature.
Archetype (Psychology) in literature.
Maternité dans la littérature.
Mères et filles dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Women Authors.
Spanish fiction > Women authors.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: recovering the matriarchal goddess of wisdom
  • Reparation to the ghostly mother: Carme Riera's La mitad del alma
  • Revaluing the mother: Lucía Etxebarria's Un milagro en equilibrio
  • Forgiving medusa: Rosa Montero's El corazón del tártaro
  • Ghosts and lovers: writing as antidote in María De La Pau Janer's Las mujeres que hay en mí
  • Activating intuitive communication: Cristina Cerezales' De oca a oca
  • Reaching beyond mothers and daughters: Soledad Puértolas' Historia de un abrigo
  • Conclusion: societal transformations.

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