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Teresa de la parra : a literary life / by RoseAnna Mueller.
LIBRA PQ8549.P35 Z78 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mueller, RoseAnna.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parra, Teresa de la, 1889-1936--Criticism and interpretation.
- Parra, Teresa de la.
- Parra, Teresa de la, 1889-1936.
- Authors, Venezuelan--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, Venezuelan.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 300 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.
- Summary:
- This book is the first comprehensive study of Teresa de la Parra for English-speaking readers. The volume includes a biographical chapter and analyses of de la Parra's two novels, Iphigenia: the diary of a young lady who wrote because she was bored and Mama Blanca's Memoirs.
- An annotated version of the Three Colombian Lectures: Women's Influence in the Formation of the American Soul reveals the importance of Latin American women's contribution in Latin American history and speaks to gender issues sparked by critical reactions to Iphigenia.
- Translations of de la Parra's selected letters, short stories, and entries from the "Bellevue-Fuenfria-Madrid Diary" Provide a more complete Picture of writer and help tie her works to her life. The book reviews literary criticism on de la Parra, providing an overview of what Venezuelan, Latin American and American critics and biographers have to say about the author and her works. He la Parra bridged the gap between Venezuelan and European traditions, and this book examines the author's contribution to Venezuelan and Latin American literary traditions while showcasing her as a model of Latin American women's writing whose influence is being rediscovered and reevaluated. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 A Heroine in the Novel of Her Own Life 1
- Chapter 2 Iphigenia: The diary of a young lady who wrote because she was bored 31
- Chapter 3 Learning from Mama Blanca 69
- Chapter 4 Criollo Consumerism 91
- Chapter 5 A Discussion of Race in the Works of Teresa de la Parra 103
- Chapter 6 The Three Colombian Lectures: Mothers, Sisters and Lovers 117
- Chapter 7 The First Lecture: The Conquest 141
- Chapter 8 The Second Lecture: The Colony 165
- Chapter 9 The Third Lecture: Independence 189
- Chapter 10 The Short Stories 213
- Chapter 11 Teresa de la Parra's Interview in Diario de la Marina (La Habana, April 1, 1928 Section 1 pp 1 and 16.) / Armando Maribona Maribona, Armando 237
- Chapter 12 Francis de Miomandre: A Few Words on Iphigenia 243
- Chapter 13 In Her Own Voice: Selections from the Letters of Teresa de la Parra 249
- Chapter 14 Bellevue-Fuenfría-Madrid Diary 283.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-300).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1443837997
- 9781443837996
- OCLC:
- 792927830
- Publisher Number:
- 99950425964
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