TY - GEN T1 - Ambiguous angels : gender in the novels of Galdós A1 - Jagoe, Catherine LA - English PP - Berkeley PB - University of California Press YR - 1994 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm44959508 AB - The contradictory nature of the work of Benito Pérez Galdós, Spain's greatest modern novelist, is brought to the fore in Catherine Jagoe's innovative and rigorous study. Revising commonly held views of his feminism, she explores the relation of Galdós's novels to the "woman question" in Spain, arguing that after 1892 the muted feminist discourse of his early work largely disappears. While his later novels have been interpreted as celebrations of the emancipated new woman, Jagoe contends that they actually reinforce the conservative, bourgeois model of frugal, virtuous womanhood--the angel of the house. Using primary sources such as periodicals, medical texts, and conduct literature, Jagoe's examination of the evolution of feminism makes Ambiguous Angels valuable to anyone interested in gender, culture, and narrative in nineteenth-century Europe. OP - 236 CN - PQ6555.Z5 J34 1994eb SN - 9780520914179 SN - 0520914171 SN - 0585231443 SN - 9780585231440 SN - 9780520083561 SN - 0520083563 KW - Pérez Galdós, Benito, : 1843-1920 : Criticism and interpretation. KW - Pérez Galdós, Benito, : 1843-1920 KW - Pérez Galdós, Benito, : (1843-1920) : Critique et interprétation. KW - Women in literature. KW - Sex role in literature. KW - Femmes dans la littérature. KW - Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature. KW - Sex role in literature KW - Women in literature KW - Romans. KW - Sekseverschillen. KW - Spaans. KW - Romance Literatures. KW - Languages & Literatures. KW - Spanish Literature. KW - Femmes : Dans la littérature. KW - Rôle selon le sexe : Dans la littérature. KW - Sexe dans la littérature. KW - 1892. KW - 19th century. KW - angel of the house. KW - benito prez galds. KW - bourgeois model. KW - conduct literature. KW - conservative. KW - culture. KW - emancipated new woman. KW - europe. KW - evolution of feminism. KW - feminism. KW - frugal. KW - gender. KW - medical texts. KW - muted feminist discourse. KW - narrative. KW - periodicals. KW - spain. KW - studying writing. KW - virtuous womanhood. KW - woman question. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -