In this Book
- Galdos and the Art of the European Novel: 1867-1887
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Benito Perez Galdos (1843-1920) was one of Spain's outstanding novelists and the author of two vast cycles of novels and a number of plays. In this critical study of Galdos in English, Stephen Gilman relates the writer and his work to the nineteenth century novel as a genre and traces his artistic growth during a twenty-year period, from his initial historical fable, La Fontana de Oro, to his masterpiece, Fortunata y Jacinta.
Originally published in 1981.
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Table of Contents
- PART IThe Historical Novelist
- I Galdos: "Life and Times"
- pp. 3-28
- II La Fontana de Oro
- pp. 29-48
- III Trafalgar to Dona Perfecta
- pp. 49-83
- IV La desheredada
- pp. 84-130
- P A R T IIFortunata y Jacintain Prospect
- V From La desheredada to Lo prohibido
- pp. 133-153
- VI A Colloquium of Novelists
- pp. 154-186
- VII The Novelist as Reader
- pp. 187-226
- PART IIIFortunata y Jacinta
- VIII The Challenge of Historical Time
- pp. 229-247
- IX The Art of Listening
- pp. 248-290
- X The Art of Genesis
- pp. 291-319
- XI The Art of Consciousness
- pp. 320-355
- XII Retrospect
- pp. 356-377