Beyond the Back Room

by Womack, Marian; Wood, Jennifer

• ISBN13: 9783039118274
• ISBN10: 3039118277
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-15
• Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc

Summary

This collection of essays examines current trends in scholarly research on Spanish author Carmen Martín Gaite (1925-2000). It concentrates on the least explored areas of Martín Gaite's oeuvre, such as her collage artwork, the relationship between image and text in her work, and her close relationship with themes such as genre writing, the fairy tale, and textual/physical notions of space, as well as her personal theories on orality and narration. As we pass the tenth anniversary of her death, Martín Gaite continues to be an increasing focus of study, as scholars start to identify and comprehend the breadth and scope of her work. The essays in the volume complement previous studies of Martín Gaite's major works from the 1960s and 1970s by focusing largely on her later novels, together with in-depth analysis of the manuscripts and artistic materials that have been made available since her death.

Author Biography

Marian Womack is completing an interdisciplinary research project on the new female gothic tale at the Department of Comparative Literature at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. She has published articles on comparative literature, dealing especially with cross-over and children's literature, film adaptations and popular genres. She is also a translator and anthologist, and her most recent publications include Dickens's ghost stories and a new compilation of Russian gothic tales, both previously unpublished in Spain. Jennifer Wood is Lecturer in Spanish at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Her research focuses on Modern Spanish Studies, particularly twentieth-century Spanish poetry and the Spanish Avant-Garde, including the influence of film and 'lo cinemático', Spanish Surrealism and women in the Avant-Garde. She has taught a number of courses on Spanish female writing in the Franco and post-Franco eras.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
List of Abbreviations	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Image / Art	p. 1
Introduction to Part One	p. 3
Collages and Narrative in Carmen Martín Gaite	p. 11
Moving Beyond Identification: Carmen Martín Gaite, from Passionate Reader to Co-Scriptwriter on RTVEÆs Celia (1993)	p. 35
The Idea of Sisterhood in Carmen Martín GaiteÆs El cuarto de atrás and the Paintings of Remedios Varo	p. 51
Martín GaiteÆs Vision de Nueva York: Collage of Public and Private Space	p. 81
Space / Fantasy	p. 99
Introduction to Part Two	p. 101
The Home as Palimpsest: Nubosidad variable, Lo raro es vivir and Irse de casa	p. 109
Gender and Space in Carmen Martín GaiteÆs Nubosidad variable and La reina de las nieves	p. 135
Back to the Local: The Representation of Galicia in Carmen Martín GaiteÆs Retahílas	p. 159
The Gothic in Martín GaiteÆs El cuarto de atrás: Destabilizing the Sección FemininaÆs Myth of la mujer muy mujer	p. 173
La reina de las nieves: Retelling Andersen as a Parable of the Spanish Republic and desmemoria	p. 189
Writing / Memory	p. 219
Introduction to Part Three	p. 221
Carmen Martín GaiteÆs Cuadernos de todo: A WriterÆs Diary / A WriterÆs Workshop	p. 233
El cuarto de atrás and Soldados de Salamina: From the Recuperation of Memory to Marketing Memories	p. 259
Spoken Discourse in the Narrative of Carmen Martín Gaite	p. 277
Coda: Editing one of Martín GaiteÆs Notebooks, or The Sewing Studio	p. 297
Notes on Contributors	p. 303
Bibliography	p. 309
Index	p. 319
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