Ricardo Palma's Tradiciones: Illuminating Gender and Nation

by Elisa Sampson Vera Tudela, Elisa Sampson Vera Tudela Senior Lecturer Department of Spanish Portuguese and Latin American Studie, Elisa Sampson Vera Tudela Senior Lecturer Department of Spanish Portuguese and Latin American Stud

Ricardo Palma's Tradiciones is the first full-length account of Ricardo Palma informed by theories of cultural criticism. Elisa Sampson Vera Tudela sheds new light on important aspects of Palma's work. She offers a fresh interpretation of the relations between history and literature - perhaps the most discussed aspect of Palma's work - engaging with new critical thinking on historicism and examining the significance of the marginal and the anecdotal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161148412X
• ISBN13: 9781611484120
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"