Catalan women writers and artists : revisionist views from a feminist space / Kathryn A. Everly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Everly, Kathryn, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rodoreda, Mercè, 1908-1983--Criticism and interpretation.

Rodoreda, Mercè.

Varo, Remedios, 1908-1963--Criticism and interpretation.

Varo, Remedios.

Roig, Montserrat, 1946-1991--Criticism and interpretation.

Roig, Montserrat.

Roig, Montserrat, 1946-1991.

Riera, Carme.

Varo, Remedios, 1908-1963.

Rodoreda, Mercè, 1908-1983.

Criticism and interpretation.

Riera, Carme--Criticism and interpretation.

Catalan literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

Catalan literature.

Catalan literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Catalan literature--Women authors.

Physical Description:

234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lewisburg, PA : Bucknell University Press ; London : Associated University Presses, [2003]

Contents:

Introduction: Metaphorical Exile in Catalan Art and Literature 13

1. Merce Rodoreda and Remedios Varo: Exiled Daughters of Surrealism, Insightful Mothers of Invention 30

Surrealism, Sexuality, and Artistic Identity (La placa del Diamant and El carrer de les camelies) 36

Women's Portraiture: Visual and Verbal Formulations of Identity 66

Alchemy, Abjection, and the Powers of Metamorphosis ("La meva Cristina" and "La salamandra") 81

2. Familial Exile: Montserrat Roig's Rebellious Brand of Feminism 106

Ramona, adeu: The Generational Mirror 117

El temps de les cireres and L'hora violeta: Reconstruction and Demythification of Culture 134

3. Authorial Exile: Reformulations of the Author/Reader Contract in the Narrative of Carme Riera 162

Te deix, amor, la mar com a penyora 167

Fallen Language in "Princesa meva, lletra d'angel" 178

Questio d'amor propi and "Estimat Thomas" 184.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-228) and index.

ISBN:

0838755305

OCLC:

50198696