A Stranger in My Own Land: Sofia Casanova, a Spanish Writer in the European Fin de Siecle

by Kirsty Hooper

Book Overview

This is the first in-depth analysis of the works of the Galician-Spanish expatriate writer Sof?a Casanova (1861-1958), a transnational poet, novelist, journalist, playwright, campaigner, translator, historian and intellectual, and one of the first Spanish women to support herself as a professional writer. Casanova, born in Galicia in rural northwest Spain, married a Pole and spent over seventy years traveling between Spain and Poland. A challenging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826516149
• ISBN13: 9780826516145
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.7"