Cervantine Criticism by Women Authors (1905-1916)

Abstract

Women’s participation in Cervantine criticism at the beginning of the twentieth century (1905-1906) has barely received recognition. This paper analyses the different perspectives women authors used to approach both Cervantes and his work. Strict literary criticism coexists with the exploration of Don Quixote’s main characters in the philosophical and literary essays of María Lejárraga, Matilde Ras, Concha Espina and Carmen de Burgos. The authors studied include intheirs texts their social concerns and feminist ideology and give their opinion about key political and intellectual debates affecting society at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Keywords

• mujer
• Cervantes
• Quijote
• Carmen de Burgos
• María Carbonell
• Concha Espina
• Carmen García de Castro
• María Lejárraga
• Emilia Pardo Bazán
• Matilde Ras
• Blanca de los Ríos