Mother and myth in Spanish novels : rewriting the maternal archetype / Sandra J. Schumm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schumm, Sandra J., 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.

Spanish fiction.

Motherhood in literature.

Mothers and daughters in literature.

Archetype (Psychology) in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Bucknell University Press/Rowman & Littlefield, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Remembering the forgotten mother is a major theme in Myth & Mother in Spanish Novels and reflects the current interest in the recuperation of historic memory in Spain. The novels in this study feature mature protagonists who recall their mothers as a way to define their own identities and to nullify the fictional matricide prevalent in post-war Spanish novels; this twenty-first-century fiction highlights the haunting presence of the mother and begs comparison with myth.

Contents:

Introduction: recovering the matriarchal goddess of wisdom

Reparation to the ghostly mother: Carme Riera's La mitad del alma

Revaluing the mother: Lucía Etxebarria's Un milagro en equilibrio

Forgiving medusa: Rosa Montero's El corazón del tártaro

Ghosts and lovers: writing as antidote in María De La Pau Janer's Las mujeres que hay en mí

Activating intuitive communication: Cristina Cerezales' De oca a oca

Reaching beyond mothers and daughters: Soledad Puértolas' Historia de un abrigo

Conclusion: societal transformations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-35655-4

1-283-30267-5

9786613302670

1-61148-359-X

OCLC:

757261283