Gender and Modernization in the Spanish Realist Novel

This is a formidable study, as massive and detailed as it is stimulating and provocative, and will be a must-have for everyone working in the field of the late nineteenth-century novel. Indeed, it is arguable that it makes essential preparatory reading for work on the early twentieth century. Bulletin of Spanish Studies The analysis of the novels is thorough and full of fresh insights ... This is unquestionably an outstanding study, which I feel confident will remain a landmark in the understanding of nineteenth-century Spanish culture for years to come. Eamonn Rodgers, University of Strathclyde, Modern Language Review This is a very important book indeed ... The argument of the book is supported not only by detailed and illuminating analyses of eleven major novels but by an impressive range of historical scholarship. Eamonn Rodgers, University of Strathclyde, Modern Language Review Ground-breaking ... brilliant and comprehensive study. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies

• Introduction: Writing the Nation; I. REDEFINING THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPHERES; 1. Liberal Political Theory; 2. The Construction of 'the Social'; II. THE URBAN NOVEL; 3. Mapping the City; 4. Excess and the Problem of Limits; 5. The Consumption of Natural Resources; 6. Pathologizing the Bodily Economy; III. THE RURAL NOVEL; 7. Making Caciquismo Respectable; 8. Patriarchy without the State; 9. Problematizing the Natural; Conclusion: Modernity and Representation