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Ambiguous angels : gender in the novels of Galdós /

The contradictory nature of the work of Benito Pérez Galdós, Spain's greatest modern novelist, is brought to the fore in Catherine Jagoe's innovative and rigorous study. Revising commonly held views of his feminism, she explores the relation of Galdós's novels to the "woman qu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jagoe, Catherine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1994.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Woman's Mission as Domestic Angel. Bourgeois Gender Ideology and the angel del hogar. Women Writers and the Domestic Ideal. Problems and Paradoxes
  • 2. Galdos and the Woman Question. Galdos's Affiliations with the prensa femenina. Galdosian Reflections on Woman's Place. Engendering the Novel: Galdos's Vision of Realism
  • 3. Suffering Women. Gender and Representation in the Early Novels. The Bird-Angel in Gloria. Leon Roch's Wife
  • 4. Struggling with the Angel. Consuming Passions: Luxury and the Sexual Politics of Representation in the Contemporary Novels. In Search of the Ideal Woman: Educating Manso. The Angel in Mind: Rereading Fortunata y Jacinta
  • 5. Gender Trouble. Feminism and the Fin de Siecle in Spain. Tristana and the "Legless Angel of Victorian Romance" Seeing the Light: Halma's Conversation
  • 6. New Women. Decadence and the New Woman. The novelas dialogadas: La loca de la casa and El abuelo. Teaching Women
  • Appendix 1. List of Galdos's Novels
  • Appendix 2. "La mision de la mujer."