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The Illusions of Doctor Faustino
Valera
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Description for The Illusions of Doctor Faustino
Paperback. A novel that depicts the deleterious effects of the Romantic malaise that swept through western Europe in the early part of the nineteenth century. Translator(s): Fedorchek, Robert M. Num Pages: 336 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Juan Valera's ""The Illusions of Doctor Faustino"" (Las ilusiones del doctor Faustino) came out in 1875, one year after the resounding success of his ""Pepita Jimenez"". One of the author's contemporaries, the critic Manuel de la Revilla, considered it among the most important novels of his time and compared it to Flaubert's ""L'Education"" sentimentale on account of the negative influence of Romanticism on the protagonist's character and life.Don Faustino Lopez de Mendoza, scion of an illustrious but impoverished family of the highest nobility, believes himself destined for great accomplishments in the literary world, sees himself as a poet of the ... Read more
Juan Valera's ""The Illusions of Doctor Faustino"" (Las ilusiones del doctor Faustino) came out in 1875, one year after the resounding success of his ""Pepita Jimenez"". One of the author's contemporaries, the critic Manuel de la Revilla, considered it among the most important novels of his time and compared it to Flaubert's ""L'Education"" sentimentale on account of the negative influence of Romanticism on the protagonist's character and life.Don Faustino Lopez de Mendoza, scion of an illustrious but impoverished family of the highest nobility, believes himself destined for great accomplishments in the literary world, sees himself as a poet of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813215389
SKU
V9780813215389
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About Valera
Robert M. Fedorchek is professor emeritus of Spanish at Fairfield University. He has translated into English more than a dozen books of Spanish literature, among them the Duke of Rivas's Don Alvaro, or the Force of Fate, and Juan Valera's Dona Luz and Juanita la Larga. Agnes Moncy is professor of Spanish at Temple University.
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