Passionate Subjects

273 Pages·2009·3.485 MB·English

by  Llanos M., Bernardita

Passionate Subjects/
Split Subjects
in Twentieth-Century
Literature in Chile
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Passionate Subjects/
Split Subjects
in Twentieth-Century
Literature in Chile
Brunet, Bombal, and Eltit
Bernardita Llanos M.
Lewisburg
BucknellUniversity Press
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1.Chileanfiction—Womenauthors—Historyandcriticism. 2.Brunet,
Marta,1901—Criticismandinterpretation. 3.Bombal,Mar´ıaLuisa,1910—
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Contents
Acknowledgments 7
Introduction 11
1. MartaBrunetandtheOutrageousText 48
2. Mar´ıaNadie,or theFallen Virgin 81
3. Mar´ıaLuisaBombal,or theFeminine Writer 109
4. SadomasochistTheaterinLaAmortajada 136
5. DiamelaEltit:TheBodyoftheLetter 162
6. MotherhoodonTrialinLosvigilantes 186
Conclusion 211
Notes 220
Bibliography 244
Index 261
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Acknowledgments
I
WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO DENISON UNIVERSITY
Research Foundation for supporting me in this project through
anR.C.GoodFellowshipandDURFfunds.
Myspecialthankstothereadersofmyinitialdrafts:ElianaOr-
tega;RodrigoCa´novasinSantiago,Chile;andmycolleague,Gary
Baker, in Granville, Ohio. My sincere appreciation goes to my
women’s studies colleague, Marlene Trump, who read one of the
draftsof theintroductionandmadeimportantcomments.
I amespecially grateful to BrendaBoyle, director of theWrit-
ing Center at Denison University, who read the entire manu-
script in its various versions and did an extremely careful
reading and editing work. Her aid was fundamental to bringing
the book to completion in a clear and precise academic English.
I am also grateful to my colleague in Spanish, Joanna Mitchell,
for her thoughtful feedback on the last version of the introduc-
tion. Myfriend IleanaRodr´ıguez alsoread theintroduction and
posed important theoretical and political questions as I was in
process of revising it.
I want to give a special thanks to Fernando Blanco and the
numerous conversations we have had on Chilean literature and
culture throughout these last four years. His company and sup-
port have been invaluable in the development of my ideas and
this book.
IamthankfultoMichaelSissonforhisinitialeditionandhelp
in translating some of the original works.
Also my thanks to go to Camilo Lorca at the Biblioteca Nacio-
nal in Chile for his initial assistance with the Archives with
newspapersreviewsonBrunetandBombal;totwospecialmem-
bers of AILCFH (Asociacio´n Internacional de Literatura y Cultu-
ra Femenina Hispa´nica), Dianna Niebylski and Ksenija Bilbija,
for their insightful suggestion to extend the scope of the book;
to Cheryl Johnson at Denison University for her amazing pa-
tience and steady technical help; to Associate Provost Keith
Boone for his ongoing support for my various projects; to Bev-
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8 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
erly Herring for her unwavering bibliographic assistance; and to
MaryJoMyersfor herinspiringpresencewhenImost neededit.
I would also like to thank my friends and colleagues for their
encouragementthroughtheseyearsandmyson,Federico,foral-
ways keepingmeonmytoes.
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Passionate Subjects/
Split Subjects
in Twentieth-Century
Literature in Chile
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