Final Reflections

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Note on Orthography and Translations xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1 Modern Matter: disentailment and the religious question 13
7. Chapter 2 At the Heart of the Nation: domestic well-being and spiritual patrimony in cecilia böhl de faber’s la gaviota (1849), la familia de alvareda (1856), callar en vida y perdonar en muerte (1856), and lágrimas (1862) 38
8. Chapter 3 The Hallowed, the Haunting: remembering and restoring the sacred precinct in gustavo adolfo bécquer’s historia de los templos de españa (1857), cartas desde mi celda (1864), and leyendas (1858–1864) 66
9. Chapter 4 A New Vital Force: reconstructing spain’s spiritual body in benito pérez galdós’s doña perfecta (1876), gloria (1877), mendizábal (1898), and montes de oca (1900) 97
10. Chapter 5 The Abyss and the Mount: questions of faith, family, and tradition in josé maría de pereda’s el tío cayetano (1858–1859 and 1868–1869), blasones y talegas (1869), de tal palo, tal astilla (1880), and sotileza (1885) 129
11. Final Reflections 161
12. Acknowledgments 169
13. Notes 171
14. Bibliography 199
15. Index 215
16. About the Author 221