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The Theme of Degeneration in the Work of Benito P茅rez Gald贸s : A Study of Four Naturalist Novels download

The Theme of Degeneration in the Work of Benito P茅rez Gald贸s : A Study of Four Naturalist Novels download

The Theme of Degeneration in the Work of Benito P茅rez Gald贸s : A Study of Four Naturalist Novels.cMichael W. Stannard
The Theme of Degeneration in the Work of Benito P茅rez Gald贸s : A Study of Four Naturalist Novels
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Author: Michael W. Stannard
Page Count: none
Published Date: 25 Sep 2012
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Publication Country: none
Language: English
Format: Pdf
ISBN: 9783659234569
Download Link: The Theme of Degeneration in the Work of Benito P茅rez Gald贸s A Study of Four Naturalist Novels
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As he wrote his Naturalist novels, Gald贸s was much influenced by 脡mile Zola and the French author's vision of determinism and degeneration that he developed as a result of his study of Darwin, B茅n茅dict Morel, Moreau de Tours and Prosper Lucas, also owing much to Comte's positivism and to Taine's social determinism. In addition, degeneration theory entered Spain from France and England in medical discourse, though there are examples of degenerationist thinking in Spain preceding the major influx from France in the 1870s. Gald贸s interpreted the Naturalist vision with humour and irony using little of the detached "scientific" narrative of the French model. A vein of degenerationist determinism can be perceived in his writing, especially as he portrays the great "degenerative social diseases" of alcoholism, syphilis, tuberculosis and madness. Such an interpretation of these infirmities was common among Spanish physicians as they confronted these conditions of epidemic magnitude that appeared to threaten public order and, even, the stability of society itself. This book studies how Gald贸s used the accepted medical wisdom of his time as he sought to raise public awareness of these ills.

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