| Galdós's Torquemada Novels: Waste and Profit in Late Nineteenth-Century Spain Contributor(s): Peris, Teresa Fuentes (Author) |
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ISBN: 0708320597 ISBN-13: 9780708320594 Publisher: University of Wales Press OUR PRICE: $93.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Benito Pe rez Galdo s has long been considered the Spanish Tolstoy; however, unlike those of his Russian counterpart, few of his works are available in English-- and fewer still are the subjects of serious literary scholarship. This book approaches one of the author' s most memorable characters, Madrid moneylender Francisco Torquemada, and considers the extent to which notions of profit, efficiency, and utility inform the Torquemada series-- juxtaposing nineteenth-century understandings of waste and profit with contemporary economic ideas in order to better comprehend the writer and his world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese |
| Dewey: 863.5 |
| Series: Cambridge Iberian and Latin American Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 8.73" W x 5.79" (0.76 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Spanish - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Benito P rez Gald s has long been considered the Spanish Tolstoy; however, unlike those of his Russian counterpart, few of his works are available in English--and fewer still are the subjects of serious literary scholarship. This book approaches one of the author's most memorable characters, Madrid moneylender Francisco Torquemada, and considers the extent to which notions of profit, efficiency, and utility inform the Torquemada series--juxtaposing nineteenth-century understandings of waste and profit with contemporary economic ideas in order to better comprehend the writer and his world. |
