La novela histórica latinoamericana entre dos siglos

Una historia ficticia, tan real como la vida misma. Sin mirar atrás, Isabela, una mujer que sobrevivió a las calamidades que la vida le puso en su camino y que con corazón, coraje, sudor y lágrimas consiguió salir adelante de las miserias de este mundo, donde solo los privilegiados tienen oportunidades.

The author of the book analyzes five short stories of one of the most significant writers of modern Latin American literature with a mythocritical and symbological approach. From among the endeavors to define and systematize the ancient literary figures for the interpretation of existence (myth, symbol), the author opts for Gilbert Durand's comprehensive system originating in cultural anthropology as a theoretical foundation and starting point for her analytical strategy. The original and dynamic analyses of the short stories, which, at the same time, respect the aspects indicated by the...

Ines is a nine-year-old girl who spends the afternoons with her neighbor Lupe, an elderly woman with a vivid imagination. Lupe asks Ines to write letters to son Lucas, however, reality and fantasy seem to blend in Lupe's mind, as if some mice were gnawing at her memories.

Underrecognized in her own lifetime, the works of Maria Luisa Bombal have been increasingly read and understood as keys to the development of feminist styles, thematics, and thought. This volume includes a collection of scholarly analyses of her creative production, a contextualization of her work and its significance within Latin American letters and feminist literature, and a comprehensive bibliography of both primary and secondary texts.