The surprising absence â with few exceptions â of writersâ diaries in Spanish literature until well into the twentieth century may only be the most visible symptom of a Spanish characteristic: the discomfort that provokes. Saint Teresa, Jaime Gil de Biedma, Miguel Delibes, Rosa Chacel and Josep Pla are some of the many authors who can help us reflect upon this aspect of our culture. Keywords: ; French literature; Spanish literature; female characters; diaries When I look back and think about what first drew me to what has been and is the great passion of my life, literature, I am struck by the fact that the attraction was related to two characteristics: the feminine and the foreign. I discovered literature through my mother, an avid reader. And what she read most was French literature. My house, like many other homes during my childhood in the 1960s, was home to a man who worked and a woman who read. My father was a businessman, owner and manager of a textile company, which he had inherited. His life was full of different activities, and not just those which came from such a difficult job, but many other things which in
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Intimacy: a missing dimension in Spanish literature?
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Follow Journal of Romance Studies
, Volume 9 (1)
Berghahn Books – Mar 1, 2009
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