María (novel)

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María is a novel by the Colombian writer Jorge Isaacs .

Isaac's only novel was published in 1867 and contains many autobiographical elements. It is considered to be one of the most important works of Spanish-language literature of the 19th century.

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The tragic story of love between María and her cousin Efraín is both a historical drama and a contemporary document. In addition to the idealistic version of love until death and extensive descriptions of the author's homeland, Isaacs' María is about the background of slavery in Colombia in the 19th century.

expenditure

  • Jorge Isaacs: María (Letras hispanicas; Vol. 248). Catédra, Madrid 2004, ISBN 84-376-0610-1 (EA 1873).
  • Jorge Isaacs: María. Novel; the world success from Colombia ("María", 1873). Sonrrie Verlag, Norderstedt 2003, ISBN 978-3-936968-02-6 .

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literature

  • Germán Arciniegas : Vida y pasión de “María” . In: Ders .: Genio y figura de Jorge Isaacs (Colección Genio y Figura; Vol. 13). Editorial Universitaria, Buenos Aires 1970, pp. 86–95.
  • Donald MacGrady: Función del episodio de Nay y Sinar en “María” de Isaacs . In: Nueva Revista de filología hispánica , Vol. 18 (1965/66), Issue 1/2, pp. 171–176, ISSN  0185-0121 .
  • Donald MacGrady: Fue drama la "María" de Jorge Isaacs . In: Thesaurus. Boletín del Instituto Caro y Cuervo , vol. 26 (1971), volume 3, pp. 618-620, ISSN  0040-604X .