Modernity's metonyms : figuring time in nineteenth-century Spanish stories / by Geraldine Lawless.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawless, Geraldine, 1979-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Spanish literature.

Time in literature.

Alas, Leopoldo, 1852-1901--Criticism and interpretation.

Alas, Leopoldo.

Ros de Olano, Antonio--Criticism and interpretation.

Ros de Olano, Antonio.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Modernity's Metonyms considers the representation of temporal frameworks in stories by two nineteenth-century Spanish authors: the canonical Leopoldo Alas and Antonio Ros de Olano, an author who is receiving increasing attention from scholars of nineteenth-century Spanish literature. These narratives are considered in terms of their treatment of three metonymic themes: the railway, food and suicide. The reiteration of specific associations is explored across a range of disciplines, from literature, philosophy, historiography, to natural history. French, German, American, British, as well as Sp

Contents:

'Le grand courant de la civilisation moderne' : the railway metonym

'Der mensch ist, was er isst' : the food metonym

Back from the future : the suicide metonym.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-35573-1

1-283-09899-7

9786613098993

1-61148-047-7

OCLC:

726734718