Catholic Iconography in the Novels of Juan Marsé [Catalan]

by Rosemary Clark

Post-Civil War novelist Mars? subverts iconic Catholic imagery in ironic sub-textual commentary on political ideology.

The prize-winning novelist Juan Mars?, born in Barcelona in 1933, is widely-read not only within Spain but also in translation, for his often provocative portrayals of life in post-war Barcelona. Clark's study discusses Mars?'s engagement with Catholic popular culture, Spanish National Catholicism and Catalan Catholic Nationalism,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Catalan
• ISBN: 1855660873
• ISBN13: 9781855660878
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Tamesis Books
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"