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Literary Criticism Hispanic American

Wisdom of Eccentric Old Men

A Study of Type and Secondary Character in Galdós's Social Novels, 1870-1897

by (author) Peter Anthony Bly

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2004
Category
Hispanic American
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    ISBN
    9780773572300
    Publish Date
    Nov 2004
    List Price
    $95.00

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Bly's principal revelation is that Galdós deliberately and consistently used this secondary type to emphasize the significance of the major plot developments and to underline the strengths or weaknesses of principal characters. In filling these roles the eccentric old men develop from comic shallow types into more complex secondary characters, men of insight and wisdom, who occupy a pivotal position in the novels.

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