Political and Gender Dialectics in Three Nineteenth-Century Spanish Novels of the Bourbon Restoration (1874-1931)
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- ISBN 9783034355360
- Weight: 237g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 20 Nov 2025
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book aims to show that three of the most iconic Spanish novels of the nineteenth century are connected to each other as a Krausist dialogue between their authors about politics and gender in the Spanish society of the Sexenio Democrático and the second Bourbon restoration. These novels are Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós, Los pazos de Ulloa by Emilia Pardo Bazán, and La Regenta by Clarín. Galdós’ novel presents a misogynistic liberal perspective in favor of the restoration’s centrist compromise, while Pardo Bazán and Clarín defend women’s rights and criticize the restoration’s cynical politics. Pardo Bazán and Clarín each approach their side of the dialogue from their own ideological perspectives. The former presents a conservative, absolutist case while the latter presents a republican, radical case. This three-sided novelistic conversation highlights the ideological dynamics that are crucial for an accurate and nuanced understanding late nineteenth-century Spanish politics.
Bobby Clinton was born in Madrid to a multicultural family from the USA and Spain. He attended school in Spain and Oklahoma and obtained his PhD in Spanish from the University of Oklahoma in 2024. His research focuses on peninsular prose with a focus on nineteenth- and twentieth-century essays, literary criticism, drama, novels, and short stories.
