Ambiguous Angels - Gender in the Novels of Galdos (Hardcover, New)

The contradictory nature of the work of Benito Perez Galdos, Spain's greatest modern novelist, is brought to the fore in Catherine Jagoe's innovative and rigorous study. Revising commonly held views of his feminism, she explores the relation of Galdos's novels to the "woman question" in Spain, arguing that after 1892 the muted feminist discourse of his early work largely disappears. While his later novels have been interpreted as celebrations of the emancipated new woman, Jagoe contends that they actually reinforce the conservative, bourgeois model of frugal, virtuous womanhood--the angel of the house.
Using primary sources such as periodicals, medical texts, and conduct literature, Jagoe's examination of the evolution of feminism makes "Ambiguous Angels" valuable to anyone interested in gender, culture, and narrative in nineteenth-century Europe.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 1994
First published:	September 1994
Authors:	Catherine Jagoe
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	248
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-08356-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	0-520-08356-3
Barcode:	9780520083561

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