The Argentine Novel
The Argentine Novel

Author: Myron I. Lichtblau

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 1182

ISBN-13:

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A comprehensive resource that covers a period from 1788, the year Miguel Learte wrote Las aventuras de Learte, until 1990, when authors such as Osvaldo Soriano and Luisa Valenzuela published their popular novels. Also includes works which may be considered under the rubric of short novel which, in spite of their length, resemble the novel more than the short story in their basic literary conception, plot development, and narrative scope. Novels written by native Argentines and transplants are included. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Women and the Law
Women and the Law

Author: Anja Louis

Publisher: Tamesis Books

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9781855661219

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Given the remarkable similarities between Burgos's critical analysis and recent feminist legal theory, her writings are still disturbingly relevant today. This study also explores the relationship between melodrama as a genre of manichean worldviews and law as a system of binary oppositions and discusses Burgos's subversion of the former as a means to criticise the latter."--Jacket.

Twentieth-century Spanish Fiction Writers
Twentieth-century Spanish Fiction Writers

Author: Martha Eulalia Altisent

Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13:

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Essays on a variety of Spanish authors who shaped the development of Spanish fiction in the twentieth century. Entries focus on the interconnections between life and writing and trace the writers' personal response to the cultural, intellectual and political concerns of the day, as well as to the traditions and literary styles that shaped their imagination. Provides a condensed assessment of the authors' aesthetic and personal preferences as shown through their writings.