Susan M. McKenna. “Crafting the Female Subject. Narrative Innovation in the Short Fiction of Emilia Pardo Bazán”. Washington, D. C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2009, 186 pp.

Abstract

Susan M. McKenna carefully analyzes the narrative innovation of Emilia Pardo Bazán's stories, taking into account her status as a woman, her social position, her ideas and her life. It not only focuses on the Galician's writing, but also on the relationship between her literature and the press, other authors of the time who also wrote short stories... Each chapter focuses on different aspects, such as the short story genre, the endings of Pardo Bazán's stories, like those that challenge readers to think beyond. Towards the end of the book, female subjectivity is also discussed and the strategic art of Emilia Pardo Bazán is exposed as a conclusion to include it in her stories.