The Stockcero catalogue comprises a large and ever-expanding list of titles regarded as classics of the Spanish Peninsular and Latin American literature. A series of important books are being brought back into print with modern readers and students in mind, and thus including updated footnotes, prefaces, and bibliographies.
The benefits of adopting STOCKCERO editions for courses are: • Carefully checked original texts • Forewords by highly regarded Literary Editors • Footnotes aimed at US readers & students • Comprehensive bibliographies • Full contextual online searches through Google Book Search • Ever-expanding catalogue • Library quality paper & binding • Copies immediately available through every College bookstores in the US, no wait, no hassle.
As the Stockcero CEO I would like to receive comments & suggestions from faculty members who have adopted our editions in their courses, as well as from students who have had the experience of reading them as part of their studies.
One of the books I would like to receive comments upon is «La hija del bandido o los subterraneos del Nevado» by Refugio Barragan de Toscano. Have you read it? This is is Refugio Barragan de Toscano's second novel. Full of adventure and intrigue this romantic text follows Maria as she tries to undo her bandit father's misdeeds and through actions of courage and kindness earn a position in the highly class-stratified society of late eighteenth century Mexico. During this time Mexico was still a colony of Spain and the novel depicts how the soon-to-be nation was ravaged by marauding bandits that terrorized the countryside. They kidnapped women, assaulted stagecoaches and robbed unarmed, defenseless travelers. Vicente Colombo is the typical bandit leader, except for one thing- he has a daughter whom he loves and must somehow accommodate in social society. In keeping with the theme of many national novels of the era Barragán limns the beauty of the Mexican countryside- its valleys, mountains, flora and fauna. La hija should be read alongside Mexican bandit classics such as Ignacio Altamirano's El zarco (1901), and Manuel Payno's Los bandidos de Rio Frio (1888). The exceptionality of this bandit novel written by a nineteenth-century Mexican woman is her portrayal of the female protagonist as an independent, active young woman who takes charge of her destiny and overcomes the social stain of being a criminal's daughter. In her novel Barragán, portrays María not as a subservient subject but as a willful actor who wants to live with dignity, thus introducing a unique proto-feminist nationalist vision -though marked by the author's religious tendencies- within Mexico's foundational fictions. La hija del bandido o los subterraneos del Nevado Refugio Barragan de Toscano - Maria Zalduondo (editor) ISBN 978-1-934768-06-8 – December-07 Library of Congress Control Number: 2007941800 240 pages in Spanish You may read more about this book at http://www.stockcero.com/book.php?ID=2024308726
The Stockcero catalogue comprises a large and ever-expanding list of titles regarded as classics of the Spanish Peninsular and Latin American literature. A series of important books are being brought back into print with modern readers and students in mind, and thus including updated footnotes, prefaces, and bibliographies.
ReplyDeleteThe benefits of adopting STOCKCERO editions for courses are:
• Carefully checked original texts
• Forewords by highly regarded Literary Editors
• Footnotes aimed at US readers & students
• Comprehensive bibliographies
• Full contextual online searches through Google Book Search
• Ever-expanding catalogue
• Library quality paper & binding
• Copies immediately available through every College bookstores in the US, no wait, no hassle.
As the Stockcero CEO I would like to receive comments & suggestions from faculty members who have adopted our editions in their courses, as well as from students who have had the experience of reading them as part of their studies.
One of the books I would like to receive comments upon is «La hija del bandido o los subterraneos del Nevado» by Refugio Barragan de Toscano. Have you read it? This is is Refugio Barragan de Toscano's second novel. Full of adventure and intrigue this romantic text follows Maria as she tries to undo her bandit father's misdeeds and through actions of courage and kindness earn a position in the highly class-stratified society of late eighteenth century Mexico.
ReplyDeleteDuring this time Mexico was still a colony of Spain and the novel depicts how the soon-to-be nation was ravaged by marauding bandits that terrorized the countryside. They kidnapped women, assaulted stagecoaches and robbed unarmed, defenseless travelers. Vicente Colombo is the typical bandit leader, except for one thing- he has a daughter whom he loves and must somehow accommodate in social society. In keeping with the theme of many national novels of the era Barragán limns the beauty of the Mexican countryside- its valleys, mountains, flora and fauna.
La hija should be read alongside Mexican bandit classics such as Ignacio Altamirano's El zarco (1901), and Manuel Payno's Los bandidos de Rio Frio (1888). The exceptionality of this bandit novel written by a nineteenth-century Mexican woman is her portrayal of the female protagonist as an independent, active young woman who takes charge of her destiny and overcomes the social stain of being a criminal's daughter. In her novel Barragán, portrays María not as a subservient subject but as a willful actor who wants to live with dignity, thus introducing a unique proto-feminist nationalist vision -though marked by the author's religious tendencies- within Mexico's foundational fictions.
La hija del bandido o los subterraneos del Nevado
Refugio Barragan de Toscano - Maria Zalduondo (editor)
ISBN 978-1-934768-06-8 – December-07
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007941800
240 pages in Spanish
You may read more about this book at
http://www.stockcero.com/book.php?ID=2024308726