Histories, cultures, and national identities; women writing Spain, 1877-1984

Reference & Research Book News, May, 2009

Histories, cultures, and national identities; women writing Spain, 1877-1984.

Arkinstall, Christine.

Bucknell University Pr.

2009

250 pages

$53.50

Hardcover

PQ6055

Arkinstall (Spanish, U. of Auckland, New Zealand) addressed the literary production of three women writers whose works articulate their view of modern Spain: Rosario de Acuna (1850-1932), Angela Figuera (1902-84), and Rosa Chacel (1898-1994). In turn, she says, they reflect the rise of the liberal nation among more conservative movements during the late 19th century, the trauma of the Spanish Civil War and Franco dictatorship, and recovering cultural history in post-Franco Spain. Some of the material has been published previously. Distributed in the US by Associated University Presses.

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