A 'Natural History' of Return: Landscape, Myth and Memory in the Late Work of Mercè Rodoreda

Helena Buffery

A 'Natural History' of Return: Landscape, Myth and Memory in the Late Work of Mercè Rodoreda

Helena Buffery

School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

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Abstract

This chapter presents an eco-critical reading of late works by Catalan writer Mercè Rodoreda, focusing in particular on her Beckettian play, El Maniquí, and the post-apocalyptic novel Quanta, quanta guerra.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Catalan Culture
Subtitle of host publication	Experimentation, Creative Imagination and the Relationship with Spain
Editors	Lloyd Hughes Davies, David Gareth Walters, John B. Hall
Place of Publication	Cardiff
Publisher	University of Wales Press
Pages	14-34
ISBN (Print)	9781786832016
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Keywords

Rodoreda
Catalan literature
Catalan theatre
Ecocriticism
Eco-feminism
Exile

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A 'Natural History' of Return: Landscape, Myth and Memory in the Late Work of Mercè Rodoreda. / Buffery, Helena.
Catalan Culture: Experimentation, Creative Imagination and the Relationship with Spain. ed. / Lloyd Hughes Davies; David Gareth Walters; John B. Hall. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2018. p. 14-34.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Chapter › peer-review

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