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The Practice of Realism. Change and Creativity in the Manuscript of Galdos's 'Fortunata Y Jacinta'.
James Whiston
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Hardback. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531.
Fortunata y Jacinta is the magnum opus of Benito Pérez Galdós, acknowledged in the field of Spanish letters as second only in importance to Cervantes. This study is an analysis of the different parts of the manuscript as "palimpsest," or layering of texts from the early manuscript drafts of the work to its printed edition, produced in successive stages to create a better version than the last. The analysis seeks to lay bare important aspects of the creative process of composition in the astounding cultural phenomenon that is the nineteenth-century realist novel, assessing in what ways any changes from earlier ... Read more
Fortunata y Jacinta is the magnum opus of Benito Pérez Galdós, acknowledged in the field of Spanish letters as second only in importance to Cervantes. This study is an analysis of the different parts of the manuscript as "palimpsest," or layering of texts from the early manuscript drafts of the work to its printed edition, produced in successive stages to create a better version than the last. The analysis seeks to lay bare important aspects of the creative process of composition in the astounding cultural phenomenon that is the nineteenth-century realist novel, assessing in what ways any changes from earlier ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
Number of Pages
279
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611482058
SKU
V9781611482058
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About James Whiston
James Whiston is Associate Professor of Spanish at Trinity College, Dublin.
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