Carmen de Burgos: Three Novellas: Confidencias, La Mujer Fria and Punal de Claveles (Hispanic Texts) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719097118 ISBN 13: 9780719097119

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2016

Synopsis

This is a scholarly edition of three stories by Carmen de Burgos (1867-1932), including the unabridged texts, vocabulary, notes, chronology, bibliography, 'temas de debate y discusion', and a critical introduction. De Burgos, an influential journalist, socio-political activist, and a key literary figure in the cultural ferment of pre-war Madrid, is currently being rediscovered, having languished in a long and regrettable oblivion during the Franco years. Confidencias is the fictional diary of a young woman, describing her first adulterous relationship and exploiting the narratological possibilities of the diary form. La mujer fria is a vampire story featuring perhaps the very first pitiable vampire, or at least one of the earliest examples of this type, whilst ingeniously maintaining undecidability as to whether the protagonist is supernatural. Punal de claveles narrates a wedding-day elopement. Inspired by the real-life 'Crimen de Nijar', Lorca drew on both stories for his Bodas de sangre.

About this title

About the Author:

Abigail Lee Six is Professor of Spanish at Royal Holloway, University of London -- .

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0719097118
• ISBN 13: 9780719097119
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 170
• Editor: Lee Six Abigail