Old Spain and New Spain: The Travel Narratives of Camilo Jose Cela - Hardcover

Henn, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 083864015X ISBN 13: 9780838640159

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,U.S., 2004

Synopsis

This is the first, book-length study of the six travel narratives published by the 1989 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Preliminary chapters focus on technical and thematic aspects of travel-writing, and on the author's approach to the genre. Cela's travel works, which appeared between 1948 and 1986, are examined in turn, with a focus on the construction of the narratives and also on the themes that are developed in each of them. There is an assessment of the author's treatment of topographical, cultural, historical, and social material in his accounts of the journeys he made through various areas and regions of Spain, as well as a consideration of the way in which these narratives reflect changes taking place in Spain during the Franco regime and in the decade following the dictator's death. David Henn teaches modern Spanish fiction, drama, and travel literature at University College London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 083864015X
• ISBN 13: 9780838640159
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 265