CECILIA VALDES O LA LOMA DEL ANGEL by Villaverde Cirilo

CECILIA VALDES O LA LOMA DEL ANGEL by Villaverde Cirilo

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CECILIA VALDES O LA LOMA DEL ANGEL by Villaverde Cirilo

Cecilia Valdes, one of the jewels of nineteenth-century Latin American fiction, displays a thematic complexity that is unique among the novels of its time. Cecilia, the alluring mulata, has come to represent the survival strategies of women of color in a racist society. The novel occupies a prominent place in post-colonial studies about social stratification according to skin color in plantation societies. Villaverde's novel shows the process of modernization that resulted from the boom in the sugar industry, and the transformation of Havana and its social dynamics. The spaces through which the narrator leads us are the same spaces where the story of Cecilia and the history of Havana unfold in parallel lines. A close reading of the novel corroborates the often reiterated perception that Cecilia -alluring, hybrid, complex and tempestuous- is Havana, and is Cuba.
Cirilo Villaverde (1812-1894). Cuba. Estudio en La Habana en el Seminario de San Carlos donde se graduo de Bachiller en Leyes, mas tarde practico la docencia y el periodismo. En La Habana asistio a la Tertulia de Domingo Delmonte y publico en la Gaceta Cubana su novela La joven de la Flecha de Oro. El 20 de octubre de 1848 fue condenado por una comision militar, un ano despues escapo de la prision y viajo a los Estados Unidos. Poco despues fue nombrado redactor en jefe de La Verdad, periodico de Nueva York;aunque en 1858 fue amnistiado y pudo regresar a La Habana. En 1861 regreso a los Estados Unidos y trabajo en el periodico La America, de Nueva York. Termino de escribir Cecilia Valdes en 1884 y murio el 24 de octubre de 1894 en dicha ciudad.
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ISBN 13 9788437610566
ISBN 10 8437610567
Title CECILIA VALDES O LA LOMA DEL ANGEL
Author Villaverde Cirilo
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cátedra
Year published 2008-01-01
Number of pages 639
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