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T1 Banned in Spain?: truth, lies and censorship in Kate O'Brien's novels
A1 Morales Ladrón, María Soledad
K1 Kate O"Brien
K1 Censorship
K1 Catholicism
K1 Protectionist policies
K1 Reception
K1 Gender
K1 Censura
K1 Catolicismo
K1 Políticas proteccionistas
K1 Recepción
K1 Género
K1 Filología
K1 Philology
AB This paper tries to shed some light on the reception of Kate O'Brien's works in Spainduring Franco's dictatorship. As a lover of Spain, the Irish writer spent long periods ofher life in that country and some of her experiences were later fictionalised in her novels.Characterised by her portrayal of strong female heroines who did not respond to social orgender expectations, it does not come as a surprise that some of O'Brien novels werebanned in Ireland and Spain. Although both countries shared a strong Catholic background and a protectionist censorship system, the censor's spotting of the subversiveand dangerous passages that were to be banned differed greatly. Besides, in the Spanishcase, O'Brien was allegedly forbidden to enter the country until 1957, an affirmation that,up until now, has never been questioned. Bearing these aspects in mind, the present studyfocuses on a thorough analysis of the author's censorship files stored in Spain and on theresearch carried out to contest the undocumented assumption related to her expulsionfrom the country.
SN 0210-6124
YR 2010
FD 2010-06-01
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/30387
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/30387
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 02-may-2024