Mother and myth in Spanish novels : rewriting the maternal archetype / / Sandra J. Schumm

• Autore: Schumm Sandra J. <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Bucknell University Press/Rowman & Littlefield, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (362 p.)
• Disciplina: 863/.640935252
• Soggetto topico: Spanish fiction - Women authors - History and criticism; Motherhood in literature; Mothers and daughters in literature; Archetype (Psychology) in literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: recovering the matriarchal goddess of wisdom -- Reparation to the ghostly mother: Carme Riera's La mitad del alma -- Revaluing the mother: Lucía Etxebarria's Un milagro en equilibrio -- Forgiving medusa: Rosa Montero's El corazón del tártaro -- Ghosts and lovers: writing as antidote in María De La Pau Janer's Las mujeres que hay en mí -- Activating intuitive communication: Cristina Cerezales' De oca a oca -- Reaching beyond mothers and daughters: Soledad Puértolas' Historia de un abrigo -- Conclusion: societal transformations.
• Sommario/riassunto: Remembering the forgotten mother is a major theme in Myth & Mother in Spanish Novels and reflects the current interest in the recuperation of historic memory in Spain. The novels in this study feature mature protagonists who recall their mothers as a way to define their own identities and to nullify the fictional matricide prevalent in post-war Spanish novels; this twenty-first-century fiction highlights the haunting presence of the mother and begs comparison with myth.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mother and myth in Spanish novels
• ISBN: 979-82-16-35655-4; 1-283-30267-5; 9786613302670; 1-61148-359-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910961979703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II