Misery, Hope and Humanity in Benito Pérez Galdós's <i>Misericordia</i> (1897)

Amidst the great turmoil, appalling conditions and ineffable hardships of impoverished nineteenth-century Spain, the realist writer Benito Pérez Galdós brilliantly weaves a tale of humanity and friendship in Misericordia, a story about the compassion, unfaltering loyalty and devotion of the main cha...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	María Isabel Rovira Martínez de Contrasta
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	CA EN ES EU FR GL IT PT
Publicado:	Universitat de Barcelona 2014
Materias:	Benito Pérez Galdós Realism society humanity compassion power Women. Feminism HQ1101-2030.7
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/d2a515eeba544610bd63f8a89f402b90
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:d2a515eeba544610bd63f8a89f402b90
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d2a515eeba544610bd63f8a89f402b902021-12-02T18:10:44ZMisery, Hope and Humanity in Benito Pérez Galdós's <i>Misericordia</i> (1897)1136-57812013-9470https://doaj.org/article/d2a515eeba544610bd63f8a89f402b902014-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/lectora/article/view/10728https://doaj.org/toc/1136-5781https://doaj.org/toc/2013-9470Amidst the great turmoil, appalling conditions and ineffable hardships of impoverished nineteenth-century Spain, the realist writer Benito Pérez Galdós brilliantly weaves a tale of humanity and friendship in Misericordia, a story about the compassion, unfaltering loyalty and devotion of the main character, Benina, towards her neighbors. The plot revolves strategically around the lowest and most economically deprived social group, the beggars, thus separating Galdós's Misericordia from the work of his contemporaries. In this fictional work, the lower class is given great social visibility via Benina, who constitutes the embodiment of all the values, ideology and principles the writer seeks to praise and emphasize in the story.María Isabel Rovira Martínez de ContrastaUniversitat de BarcelonaarticleBenito Pérez GaldósRealismsocietyhumanitycompassionpowerWomen. FeminismHQ1101-2030.7CAENESEUFRGLITPTLectora: Revista de Dones i Textualitat, Iss 20 (2014)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	CA EN ES EU FR GL IT PT
topic	Benito Pérez Galdós Realism society humanity compassion power Women. Feminism HQ1101-2030.7
spellingShingle	Benito Pérez Galdós Realism society humanity compassion power Women. Feminism HQ1101-2030.7 María Isabel Rovira Martínez de Contrasta Misery, Hope and Humanity in Benito Pérez Galdós's <i>Misericordia</i> (1897)
description	Amidst the great turmoil, appalling conditions and ineffable hardships of impoverished nineteenth-century Spain, the realist writer Benito Pérez Galdós brilliantly weaves a tale of humanity and friendship in Misericordia, a story about the compassion, unfaltering loyalty and devotion of the main character, Benina, towards her neighbors. The plot revolves strategically around the lowest and most economically deprived social group, the beggars, thus separating Galdós's Misericordia from the work of his contemporaries. In this fictional work, the lower class is given great social visibility via Benina, who constitutes the embodiment of all the values, ideology and principles the writer seeks to praise and emphasize in the story.
format	article
author	María Isabel Rovira Martínez de Contrasta
author_facet	María Isabel Rovira Martínez de Contrasta
author_sort	María Isabel Rovira Martínez de Contrasta
title	Misery, Hope and Humanity in Benito Pérez Galdós's <i>Misericordia</i> (1897)
title_short	Misery, Hope and Humanity in Benito Pérez Galdós's <i>Misericordia</i> (1897)
title_full	Misery, Hope and Humanity in Benito Pérez Galdós's <i>Misericordia</i> (1897)
title_fullStr	Misery, Hope and Humanity in Benito Pérez Galdós's <i>Misericordia</i> (1897)
title_full_unstemmed	Misery, Hope and Humanity in Benito Pérez Galdós's <i>Misericordia</i> (1897)
title_sort	misery, hope and humanity in benito pérez galdós's <i>misericordia</i> (1897)
publisher	Universitat de Barcelona
publishDate	2014
url	https://doaj.org/article/d2a515eeba544610bd63f8a89f402b90
work_keys_str_mv	AT mariaisabelroviramartinezdecontrasta miseryhopeandhumanityinbenitoperezgaldossimisericordiai1897
_version_	1718378599863549952

Misery, Hope and Humanity in Benito Pérez Galdós's <i>Misericordia</i> (1897)

Ejemplares similares