{"product_id":"carmen-de-burgos-three-novellas-confidencias-la-mujer-fria-and-punal-de-claveles-paperback","title":"Carmen de Burgos: Three Novellas: Confidencias, La Mujer Fría and Puñal de Claveles - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine Davies\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAbigail Lee Six\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers the complete text of three novellas, along with vocabulary and explanatory notes to make them fully accessible to learners of Spanish from post-GCSE level and upwards. The introduction provides background on the author and her position in Spanish cultural, political and literary history, and on the history of feminism in Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a scholarly edition of three stories by Carmen de Burgos (1867-1932), also known by her pen-name of 'Colombine'. De Burgos was an influential journalist, socio-political activist and key literary figure in the cultural ferment of pre-war Madrid and is currently being rediscovered, having languished in relative oblivion during the Franco years. The stories are individually interesting and entertaining but together provide a varied collection, with some of the issues closest to Colombine's heart tackled from different perspectives. This adds up to a coherent critique of marriage conventions, women's poor education and prevailing ideals of femininity. The book includes the unabridged texts of the stories, vocabulary, notes, chronology, bibliography, 'temas de debate y discusión', and a critical introduction. \u003ci\u003eConfidencias\u003c\/i\u003e (1920) is the fictional diary of a young married woman describing her first adulterous relationship and exploiting the narratological possibilities of the diary form. \u003ci\u003eLa mujer fría \u003c\/i\u003e(1922) is a vampire story featuring perhaps the first pitiable vampire, or at least one of the earliest examples of this type, whilst ingeniously maintaining uncertainty as to whether the protagonist is supernatural. \u003ci\u003ePuñal de claveles\u003c\/i\u003e (1931) narrates a wedding-day elopement and was inspired by a news item, the so-called 'Crimen de Níjar' of 1928. Federico García Lorca drew on de Burgos's story and the real-life crime for his \u003ci\u003eBodas de sangre\u003c\/i\u003e, but while his play is tragic, \u003ci\u003ePuñal\u003c\/i\u003e is bathed in a golden glow of nostalgia for the author's native Andalusia and ends optimistically. This collection will be of interest to students and scholars of Spanish literature and modern literary studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a scholarly edition of three stories by Carmen de Burgos (1867-1932), also known by her pen-name of 'Colombine'. De Burgos was an influential journalist, socio-political activist and key literary figure in the cultural ferment of pre-war Madrid and is currently being rediscovered, having languished in relative oblivion during the Franco years. The stories are individually interesting and entertaining but together provide a varied collection, with some of the issues closest to Colombine's heart tackled from different perspectives. This adds up to a coherent critique of marriage conventions, women's poor education and prevailing ideals of femininity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book includes the unabridged texts of the stories, vocabulary, notes, chronology, bibliography, 'temas de debate y discusión', and a critical introduction. \u003ci\u003eConfidencias\u003c\/i\u003e (1920) is the fictional diary of a young married woman describing her first adulterous relationship and exploiting the narratological possibilities of the diary form. \u003ci\u003eLa mujer fría \u003c\/i\u003e(1922) is a vampire story featuring perhaps the first pitiable vampire, or at least one of the earliest examples of this type, whilst ingeniously maintaining uncertainty as to whether the protagonist is supernatural. \u003ci\u003ePuñal de claveles\u003c\/i\u003e (1931) narrates a wedding-day elopement and was inspired by a news item, the so-called 'Crimen de Níjar' of 1928. Federico García Lorca drew on de Burgos's story and the real-life crime for his \u003ci\u003eBodas de sangre\u003c\/i\u003e, but while his play is tragic, \u003ci\u003ePuñal\u003c\/i\u003e is bathed in a golden glow of nostalgia for the author's native Andalusia and ends optimistically. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection will be of interest to students and scholars of Spanish literature and modern literary studies.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbigail Lee Six is Professor of Spanish at Royal Holloway, University of London\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132051132551,"sku":"9780719097119","price":37.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/66fcfe8a7e7474136e96a37e9d2ee684.webp?v=1732623401","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/carmen-de-burgos-three-novellas-confidencias-la-mujer-fria-and-punal-de-claveles-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}