Emilia Pardo Baz n (1851-1921) is considered by many scholars one of the most important writers of nineteenth-century Spain. Instrumental in introducing French naturalism and Russian spiritual realism into Spanish literature, she published twenty novels, twenty-one novellas, two cookbooks, seven plays, nearly six hundred short stories, and hundreds of essays. Her stories are often included in anthologies of Spanish literature, ... Read moreand her works have recently begun appearing in English translations: The House of Ulloa and The White Horse and Other Stories. Joyce Tolliver is associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include translation and nineteenth- and twentieth-century Spanish literature. Show Less