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This critical edition of the novel Sab (published in 1840 in Madrid) is based on the Cuban printing of the 1970s. It is of particular interest not only because of its aesthetic qualities but also because it addresses issues of interest both for the period in which it was written and contemporary audiences. Among these topics are slavery, basic rights of the individual in society, nationalism, and women's issues.

Although the three authors studied, Ana Maria Matute, Carmen Martin Gaite, and Esther Tusquets, are sophisticated intellectuals, they have chosen fairy tales and texts from other marginalized genres originally for female consumption (such as the novela rosa and the Hollywood women's picture) as the major intertexts in their novels for adults as well as in their fictions for children. Against the backdrop feminist theory and recent critical studies of fairy tales and children's literature, Solino studies the works of these authors as "gendered texts." Solino's book opens with a chapter that...

Hemos recogido en este libro las conferen-cias y charlas que esta prestigiosa teorica de la literatura infantil ha dado en distin-tos lugares del mundo en los ultimos anos. Estos textos reunidos configuran su postura frente a temas que han enfrentado muchos cambios y cuya discusion esta abierta.Ella expresa claramente sus ideas, que son innovadoras y estimulantes.

Filólogos, pedagogos, psicólogos, folcloristas, antropólogos, historiadores o personas con intereses culturales amplios asedian continuamente, en busca de respuestas, la fortaleza laberíntica e inexpugnable -pese a su apariencia simple- del cuento folclórico, tradicional o popular: el cuento maravilloso, la fábula de animales, el cuento divertido o novelesco, el de adivinanzas, absurdos y chistes. Desde la tradición oral o desde la escrita, desde la fantasía, la leyenda o la realidad, cada cuento alberga en su interior un enorme potencial comunicativo. Y es cultura popular de primer...