Esther Tusquets : scholarly correspondences / edited by Nina L. Molinaro and Immaculada Pertusa-Seva.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Molinaro, Nina L., 1960- editor, writer of introduction.

Pertusa, Inmaculada, 1963- editor, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tusquets, Esther--Criticism and interpretation.

Tusquets, Esther.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xiii, 241 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Summary:

The present volume reviews and revisits the life and work of Spanish writer, editor, and intellectual Esther Tusquets (1936-2012). The author of some seven novels, three collections of short stories, two books for children, seven volumes of essays and memoirs, and an extensive corpus of journalistic and other short prose texts, Tusquets's contributions to contemporary Spanish culture and literature are vast and heterogeneous. Most academic scholarship to date has been dedicated to Tusquets's groundbreaking novelistic trilogy (El mismo mar de todos los veranos [1978], El amor es un juego solitario [1979], Varada tras el ultimo naufragio [1980]) and to her unified short-story collection, Siete miradas en el mismo paisaje (1979). The essays contained in Esther Tusquets: Scholarly Correspondences offer new readings of the author's canonical fiction and delve into the largely unexplored terrain of her non-fiction. Participating faculty-scholars include Nina L. Molinaro (University of Colorado at Boulder); Maureen Tobin Stanley (University of Minnesota Duluth); Inmaculada Pertusa-Seva (Western Kentucky University); Laura Lonsdale (Queen's College, University of Oxford); Stacey Dolgin Casado (University of Georgia); Abigail Lee Six (Royal Holloway, University of London); Maria Elena Soliho (University of Houston); Mayte de Lama (Elon University); Catherine G. Bellver (University of Nevada, Las Vegas); Rosalía Cornejo Parriego (University of Ottawa); Meri Torras Francès (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona); and Mary S. Vázquez (Davidson College). The volume concludes with a complete bibliography by Tiffany L. Malloy of works by and about Tusquets. Book jacket.

Contents:

Section I Looking Anew at Tusquets's Tetralogy

Chapter 1 Failed Fairy Tales and Feminist Re-vision in Esther Tusquets's El mismo mar de todos los veranos / Maureen Tobin Stanley Stanley, Maureen Tobin 2

Chapter 2 Un mar diferente al de la primera edición: Esther Tusquets revisada / Inmaculada Pertusa-Seva Pertusa-Seva, Inmaculada 27

Chapter 3 The Gift: Love and Aesthetics in El amor es unjuego solitario / Laura Lonsdale Lonsdale, Laura 42

Chapter 4 El proceso de individualización en la tetralogía novelística de Esther Tusquets / Stacey Dolgin Casado Casado, Stacey Dolgin 55

Chapter 5 Spinning Straw into Gold: Blond Hair and the Autobiographical Illusion in the Fiction of Esther Tusquets / Abigail Lee Six Six, Abigail Lee 70

Section II Looking After Tusquets's "Other" Fiction

Chapter 6 Once Upon a Time with Esther Tusquets: Impact and Innovation in Spanish Literature for Children / Maria Elena Soliño Soliño, Maria Elena 92

Chapter 7 Juegos eróticos, juegos caóticos: Desequilibrios, venganzas y subversiones en tres cuentos de Esther Tusquets / Mayte de Lama Lama, Mayte de 116

Chapter 8 Siete miradas en un mismo paisaje and the Function of the Gaze / Catherine G. Bellver Bellver, Catherine G. 140

Section III Looking Towards Tusquets's Non-Fiction

Chapter 9 La transición no es un juego sohtario: Esther Tusquets en la prensa / Rosalía Cornejo Parriego Parriego, Rosalía Cornejo 160

Chapter 10 Editar con firma: Las confecciones y creaciones de una editora autorizada / Meri Torras Frances Frances, Meri Torras 187

Chapter 11 From the Long Side of the Moon: Esther Tusquets as Memoirist / Mary S. Vásquez Vásquez, Mary S. 206

Section IV Bibliography

Chapter 12 A Comprehensive Bibliography of Texts by Esther Tusquets and Published Critical Sources on her Work / Tiffany L. Malloy Malloy, Tiffany L. 226.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-237).

ISBN:

9781443859080

1443859087

OCLC:

886472660

Publisher Number:

99959023159