Carmen Martín Gaite (1925-2000) was one of the most important Spanish writers of the second half of the twentieth century. From the 1940s, until her death in 2000, she published short stories, novels, poetry, drama, children literature and cultural and historical studies. This book studies life writing in Martín Gaite's notebooks Cuadernos de todo (2002) and her novels of the 1990s, Nubosidad variable (1992), La Reina de las nieves (1994), Lo raro es vivir (1996) and Irse de casa (1998). It looks at the use of first person narration in Martín Gaite's work, drawing a parallel between the notebooks and her fictional work. It further analyses the way the author's notebooks relate to the development of her later novels as well as the use of writing as therapy. This work offers a way of looking at Carmen Martín Gaite's work from a personal and intimate perspective.
Maria-José Blanco López de Lerma is Spanish Lecturer and Language Tutor at the Department of Spanish, Portuguese & Latin-American Studies, King's College London.
Details
First Published: 17 Jan 2013
13 Digit ISBN: 9781855662476
Pages: 230
Size: 23.4 x 15.6
Binding: Hardback
Imprint: Tamesis Books
Series: Monografías A
Subject:
Hispanic StudiesBIC Class: GTB
Details updated on 13 Jun 2013
Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Letters, Diaries and Self-Reflective Writing
- 3 Cuadernos de todo:Carmen Martín Gaite's Diaries
- 4 Nubosidad variable:Letters and Diaries, Female Friendship through Writing
- 5 La reina de las nieves: A Personal Search through Diaries and Letters
- 6 Lo raro es vivir: Personal Reflections from Historical Research
- 7 Irse de casa: Life through the Cinematographic lens, Writing One's Own Life-Script
- 8 Conclusion
- 9 Appendix: Some American Collages
- 10 Bibliography
