A history of the Spanish novel / edited by J.A. Garrido Ardila.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ardila, J. A. G., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish fiction--History and criticism.

Spanish fiction.

Physical Description:

x, 400 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Summary:

"The origins of the Spanish novel date back to the early picaresque novels and Don Quixote, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and the history of the genre in Spain presents the reader with such iconic works as Galdós's Fortunata and Jacinta, Clarín's La Regenta, or Unamuno's Mist. A History of the Spanish Novel traces the developments of Spanish prose fiction in order to offer a comprehensive and detailed account of this important literary tradition. It opens with an introductory chapter that examines the evolution of the novel in Spain, with particular attention to the rise and emergence of the novel as a genre, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and the bearing of Golden-Age fiction in later novelists of all periods. The introduction contextualizes the Spanish novel in the circumstances and milestones of Spain's history, and in the wider setting of European literature. The volume is comprised of chapters presented diachronically, from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century and others concerned with specific traditions (the chivalric romance, the picaresque, the modernist novel, the avant-gardist novel) and with some of the most salient authors (Cervantes, Zayas, Pardo Bazán Galdós, and Baroja). A History of the Spanish Novel takes the reader across the centuries to reveal the captivating life of the Spanish novel tradition, in all its splendour, and its phenomenal contribution to Western literature"--Back cover of book jacket.

Contents:

A concise introduction to the history of the Spanish novel / J.A. Garrido Ardila

The novel before the novel in the sixteenth-century Spain / E. Michael Gerli

The chivalric romance in the sixteenth century / Simone Pinet

Roads untaken : the Spanish picaresque novel / Edward H. Friedman

Consequences of Don Quixote : the bearable lightness of Cervantes' influence / Anthony J. Cascardi

Spanish fiction of the seventeenth century / Howard Mancing

The fear and fascination of María de Zayas / Marina S. Brownlee

The Spanish novel in the eighteenth century / Joaquín Álvarez Barrientos

The romantic historical novel : a case study of Enrique Gil y Carrasco's El señor de Bembibre / Michael Iarocci

The naturalist novel in Spain : nationalism, morality, and aesthetics / Luis Álvarez-Castro

On the matter of inner realism : Clarín's La regenta and Galdós' Fortunata y Jacinta / Noël Valis

The life and works of Benito Pérez Galdós / Michael P. Predmore

Quixotes and chimeras in the novels of Emolia Pardo Bazán / Denise DuPont

The modernist novel in Spain / J.A. Garrido Ardila and Elizabeth Tetley

The novels of Pío Baroja / Donald L. Shaw

The avant-garde novel : the search for new concepts of aesthetic and social engagement / Susan Larson

The banquet years of the Spanish novel : by invitation only / Germán Gullón.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199641925

0199641927

OCLC:

894201672