Galdï¿½s and the Irony of Language

Name: Galdï¿½s and the Irony of Language
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ISBN: 9780521673327

ISBN-10: 0521673321

ISBN-13: 9780521673327

Edition: 2005

Authors: Diane F. Urey, Herbert S. Klein

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Benito Prez Galds was the foremost Spanish novelist of the nineteenth century. His novels are frequently compared with those of Dickens and Balzac, and considered examples of nineteenth-century realism. In a speech before the Spanish Academy of Language, Galds himself declared that the novel is 'an image of life'; scholars have often considered that image to be an uncritical reflection, or even a biased misrepresentation of the Spanish society of the time. This book shows, by detailed analysis of Galds narrative techniques, how his novels display a much more skeptical and ironical attitude toward the ability of language to represent reality, than has previously been recognized. Rather than…

Book details

List price: $35.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/30/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 148
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



The irony of portrait



The setting of irony



The narrator of irony



The texture of irony


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index