Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196) and index.
Contents
"Pig-rearing peasants turned marquises and counts" : Félix Tanco y Bosmeniel's Petrona y Rosalía -- "Plumbing the murky depths" : Anselm Suárez y Romero's Francisco -- Crossed ideological lines : Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda's Sab -- Antislavery narrative with a costumbrista twist : Francisco Calcagno's Romualdo, uno de tantos -- "With all due respect" : postmodern parody, drama and antislavery politics in Antonio Zambrana's El negro Francisco -- Enslaving the enslaver : tragedy, irony and dialogism in Cirilo Vallaverde's Cecilia Valdés.