'Los esqueletos oxidados de los buques hundidos en la guerra': Tracing the Spanish Civil War and Barcelona's Expansion in Carmen Laforet's Nada.
The present article argues that the presence of the Spanish Civil War in Carmen Laforet's Nada (1945) is much more pervasive than previously asserted in criticism on the novel. I maintain that when references to the war are read alongside the biographies of the characters, an allegorical interpretat...
| Published in: | Bulletin of Spanish Studies: Hispanic Studies & Researches on Spain, Portugal & Latin America Vol. 97; no. 9; pp. 1463 - 1486 |
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Nov2020
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