Language, the Novelist and National Identity in Post-Franco Catalonia

"Kathryn Crameri reveals some of the complex responses of writers and literary critics to the new possibilities for the expression of Catalan identities which resulted from Spain''s transition from dictatorship to democracy. The study begins by considering the cultural and political context of the Catalan novel from the ''Renaixenca'' to the present day, and then offers a detailed analysis of nove...