Mart?n Rivas Mart?n Rivas
    • USD 28.99

Descripción editorial

Widely acknowledged as the first Chilean novel, Martin Rivas (1862) by Alberto Blest Gana (1830-1920) is at once a passionate love story and an optimistic representation of Chilean nationhood. Written shortly after a decade of civil conflict, it is an indispensable source for understanding politics and society in nineteenth-century Chile.
The hero of the story is Martin Rivas, an impoverished but ambitious youngster from the northern mining region of Chile, who is entrusted by his late father to the household of a wealthy and influential member of the Santiago elite. While living there, he falls in love with his guardian's daughter. The tale of their tortuous but ultimately successful love affair represents the author's desire for reconciliation between Chile's antagonistic regional and class interests. Indeed, many critics have interpreted Martin Rivas as a blueprint for national unity that emphasizes consensus over conflict.
In addition to providing commentary about the mores of Chilean society, Blest Gana documents the enormous gap that existed between the rich and poor classes. An invaluable text for its portrayal of contemporary social, political, and class conditions, Martin Rivas illustrates the enriching influence that romanticism had on nineteenth-century Chilean literature.

GÉNERO
Ficción y literatura
PUBLICADO
2000
13 de enero
IDIOMA
EN
Inglés
EXTENSIÓN
448
Páginas
EDITORIAL
Oxford University Press
VENDEDOR
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholar s of the University of Oxford tradi ng as Oxford University Press
TAMAÑO
7
MB

Más libros de Alberto Blest Gana & Tess O'Dwyer

Durante la reconquista: novela histórica. Tomo 1 Durante la reconquista: novela histórica. Tomo 1
2022
El loco Estero y Gladys Fairfield El loco Estero y Gladys Fairfield
2022
Mariluán Mariluán
2022
Durante la reconquista: novela histórica. Tomo 2 Durante la reconquista: novela histórica. Tomo 2
2022
Martín Rivas Martín Rivas
2010
Martín Rivas Martín Rivas
2021

Otros libros de esta serie

Pot Pourri Pot Pourri
2003
Dreams and Realities Dreams and Realities
2003
The Girondins of Chile The Girondins of Chile
2003
Torn from the Nest Torn from the Nest
1999
Sketches of Life in Chile, 1841-1851 Sketches of Life in Chile, 1841-1851
2002
Esau and Jacob Esau and Jacob
2000