{"product_id":"a-companion-to-carmen-martin-gaite-paperback","title":"A Companion to Carmen Martín Gaite - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine O'Leary\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlison Ribeiro De Menezes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive examination of the full range of Carmen Martín Gaite's work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarmen Martín Gaite produced a large body of work in various genres over the course of her five-decade career, though she is primarily known as a novelist, short story writer, and social commentator. Her work at times reflects, and at times defies, the pattern of development in Spanish fiction since the 1950s. This Companion offers a re-reading of Martín Gaite's works, emphasizing her early experimentalism which culminated in mid-career works (notably El cuarto de atrás), and stressing how, in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the majority of Spanish novelists were engaged in a critique of history, Martín Gaite turned to the writing of cultural history, exploring its intersection with narrative fiction in a positivist rather than a nihilistic mode. Her exploration of gender issues, particularly mother-child relations, towards the end of her career anticipated new directions in feminist thought. Discussions of often-ignored works, such as poetry, drama, children's literature, and literary translations, offer insight into sidelined aspects of this writer's literary output. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Catherine O'Leary is Reader in Spanish at the University of St Andrews. Alison Ribeiro de Menezes is Professor of Spanish at the University of Warwick.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 21, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42107903443079,"sku":"9781855662810","price":63.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f4bbde1565ca3c4296c2e82ead198111.webp?v=1732460761","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-companion-to-carmen-martin-gaite-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}