Blood novels : gender, caste, and race in Spanish realism /

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"In the late nineteenth century, Spain's most prominent writers--Juan Valera, Leopoldo Alas, and Benito Pérez Galdós--made blood a crucial feature of their fiction. Blood Novels examines the cultural and literary significance of blood, unsettling the dominant assumption of the period tha...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chang, Julia H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2022]
Series:Toronto Iberic ; 75.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Spanish fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Blood in literature.
Women in literature.
Caste in literature.
Social status in literature.
Race in literature.
Realism in literature.
Roman espagnol > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Sang dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Castes dans la littérature.
Statut social dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
Réalisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese
Spanish fiction.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Realism's Blood
  • The Color of Blood: Racializing Illegitimacy in Doña Lu
  • From Blood to Flesh: Avowing Material Pleasure in La Regenta
  • Social Blood: The Aesthetics of the Crowd in La desheredada
  • Transfusions: Queering Kinship in Fortunata y Jacinta: dos historias de casadas (1886-87)
  • Coda: The Bleeding Body.

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