Mercè Rodoreda : a selected and annotated bibliography (2002-2011)

Mercè Rodoreda : a selected and annotated bibliography (2002-2011)
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Publisher : Institut d'Estudis Catalans
Total Pages : 170
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ISBN-10 : 9788493823047
ISBN-13 : 849382304X
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Synopsis Mercè Rodoreda : a selected and annotated bibliography (2002-2011) by : McNerney, Kathleen

This bibliography, listed alphabetically by authors of books and articles on Mercè Rodoreda, offers a detailed description of the content of more than two hundred studies on her work. In addition to Rodoreda’s narrative, the last decade has seen many more studies of her theater, poetry, painting, and early journalism. Also included is a comprehensive listing of editions and translations, as well as an index. The intention is to analyze and diffuse the great body of academic production on this worldwide representative of Catalan culture, with the hope that future studies can profit by a reading of pertinent existing scholarship on the subject. There are various kinds of publications, from congress proceedings and chapters in related studies to standard cultural periodicals and books from university or academic presses. Some are more specialized than others, and approaches are as varied as the authors, with focuses on comparative literature and influences, historical or biographical aspects, symbolic or thematic analyses, linguistic or pedagogical studies, psychological or formalistic viewpoints, narrative tendencies and techniques. Readers of Rodoredan scholarship will recognize the names of many of these contributors, but there are newer Rodoreda specialists represented as well.

Spanish Women Authors of Serial Crime Fiction

Spanish Women Authors of Serial Crime Fiction
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 9781527559967
ISBN-13 : 1527559963
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Spanish Women Authors of Serial Crime Fiction by : Inmaculada Pertusa-Seva

With its focus on recent detective series featuring female investigators, this collection analyzes the authors’ treatment of current social, political and economic problems in Spain and beyond, in addition to exploring interrelations between gender, globalization, the environment and technology. The contributions here reveal the varied ways in which the use of a series allows for a deeper consideration of such issues, in addition to permitting the more extensive development of the protagonist investigator and her reactions to, and methods of, dealing with personal and professional challenges of the twenty-first century. In these stories, the authors employ strategies that break with long-standing conventions, developing crime fiction in unexpected ways, incorporating elements of science fiction, the supernatural, and the historical novel, as well as varied geographical settings (small towns, provincial cities, and rural communities) beyond the urban environment, all of which contributes to the reinvigoration of the genre.

Peninsular Identities, Transatlantic Crossings and Iberian Networks

Peninsular Identities, Transatlantic Crossings and Iberian Networks
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 251
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ISBN-10 : 9781527571433
ISBN-13 : 1527571432
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Peninsular Identities, Transatlantic Crossings and Iberian Networks by : Mark Gant

This volume promotes recent and innovative research in different areas of knowledge within the scope of Iberian studies, contributing to the deepening and dissemination of this expanding research area. This book makes available new approaches to the study of Iberian and Ibero-American spaces and cultures, with particular emphasis on Portuguese-Galician, Basque and Catalan identities produced in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and during dictatorship. A considerable number of chapters discuss issues of memory, reflecting the impact of the Historical Memory Law in Spain and its lively discussion in the public sphere. Social mobilization and economic dynamics also play an important role in this volume. In addition, transatlantic contacts with Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries are covered, giving expression to the most recent trends in Iberian studies, which is broadening its scope to exchanges and influences between the Iberian Peninsula and South America and Africa. This volume will be of interest to students, developing and established researchers, and experts in Iberian studies.

MHRA Style Guide

MHRA Style Guide
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 95
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:1285762122
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Synopsis MHRA Style Guide by :

The Time of the Doves

The Time of the Doves
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Publisher : Graywolf Press
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 0915308754
ISBN-13 : 9780915308750
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis The Time of the Doves by : Mercè Rodoreda

The Time of the Doves - by Mercè Rodoreda - is the powerfully written story of a naïve shop-tender during the Spanish Civil War and beyond, is a rare and moving portrait of a simple soul confronting and surviving a convulsive period in history. The book has been widely translated, and was made into a film.

The Barcelona Reader

The Barcelona Reader
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Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Total Pages : 460
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ISBN-10 : 9781786948168
ISBN-13 : 1786948168
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis The Barcelona Reader by : Enric Bou

The first comprehensive Reader to accompany the remarkable city of Barcelona

A Comparative History of Literatures in the Iberian Peninsula

A Comparative History of Literatures in the Iberian Peninsula
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 766
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ISBN-10 : 9789027288394
ISBN-13 : 9027288399
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis A Comparative History of Literatures in the Iberian Peninsula by : Fernando Cabo Aseguinolaza

A Comparative History of Literatures in the Iberian Peninsula is the second comparative history of a new subseries with a regional focus, published by the Coordinating Committee of the International Comparative Literature Association. As its predecessor for East-Central Europe, this two-volume history distances itself from traditional histories built around periods and movements, and explores, from a comparative viewpoint, a space considered to be a powerful symbol of inter-literary relations. Both the geographical pertinence and its symbolic condition are obviously discussed, when not even contested. Written by an international team of researchers who are specialists in the field, this history is the first attempt at applying a comparative approach to the plurilingual and multicultural literatures in the Iberian Peninsula. The aim of comprehensiveness is abandoned in favor of a diverse and extensive array of key issues for a comparative agenda. A Comparative History of Literatures in the Iberian Peninsula undermines the primacy claimed for national and linguistic boundaries, and provides a geo-cultural account of literary inter-systems which cannot otherwise be explained.

Stone in a Landslide

Stone in a Landslide
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Publisher : Peirene Press
Total Pages : 87
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ISBN-10 : 9781908670007
ISBN-13 : 1908670002
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Stone in a Landslide by : Maria Barbal

The Catalan modern classic, first published in 1985, now in its 50th edition, for the first time in English. The beginning of the 20th century: 13-year-old Conxa leaves her home village in the Pyrenees to work for her childless aunt. After years of hardship she finds love with Jaume - a love that will be thwarted by the Spanish Civil War. Approaching her own death, Conxa looks back on a life in which she has lost everything except her own indomitable spirit. Why Peirene chose to publish this book: 'I fell in love with Conxa's narrative voice, its stoic calmness and the complete lack of anger and bitterness. It's a timeless voice, down to earth and full of human contradictory nuances. It's the expression of someone who searches for understanding in a changing world but senses that ultimately there may be no such thing.' Meike Ziervogel 'Sparse and haunting.' Katy Guest, Independent 'The compression is so deft, the young narrator's voice so strong, so particular, her straightforward evocation of the hard labour and rare pleasures of mountain life . . . so vibrant, that it makes me want to take scissors to everything else I read.' Richard Lea, Guardian 'A Pyrenean life told in a quietly effective voice.' Daniel Hahn, Independent 'There is an understated power in Barbal's depiction of how the forces of history can shape the life of the powerless.' Adrian Turpin, Financial Times 'A masterpiece of world literature and a shining example of the virtuosity of elegant and concise prose.' Pam Norfolk, Lancashire Evening Post 'Air-tight believability.' Matthew Tree, Times Literary Supplement ​ INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2010 FOYLES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2010

Mercè Rodoreda

Mercè Rodoreda
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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages : 140
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ISBN-10 : 0810850001
ISBN-13 : 9780810850002
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Mercè Rodoreda by : M. Isidra Mencos

This annotated bibliography of one of the best-known Catalan authors selects and comments on 198 critical narrative works, including nine biographical studies. It provides a detailed analysis of the critical perspectives which have been used to analyze Rodoreda's works, referring the reader to the bibliographical entries which best illustrate certain theoretical approaches or themes.

Agitated Air

Agitated Air
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 150
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ISBN-10 : 1838020047
ISBN-13 : 9781838020040
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Agitated Air by : Yasmine Seale