Valera in Dialogue/in Dialogue with Valera : A Novelist's Work in Conversation with That of His Contemporaries and Successors (Wor(L)ds of Change: Latin American and Iberian Literature)

Franz (modern languages, Ohio U.) chronicles the career-long esthetic debate Spanish novelist Juan Valera (1824-1905) carried on with rivals Gald=s and Alas in his novels. He argues that the debate led to many compromises and ultimately produced, in the 20-century fiction of Valle-Incl and Unamuno, a novelistic form that exhibited clear debts to Valera's influence. He has not indexed the study. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)