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050	0	0	_aPQ7797.M27 _bA713 2001
082	0	0	_aLAS FIC MAR
100	1		_aMarmol, Jose _d, 1818-1871
240	1	0	_aAmalia _l. English
245	1	0	_aAmalia _c/ by José Mármol ; translated from the Spanish by Helen Lane ; edited with author notes and editor's notes by Doris Sommer
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York _b: Oxford University Press _c, c2001.
300			_axxxvi, 664 p. _c; 22 cm.
440		0	_aLibrary of Latin America
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [645]-664).
520			_aAmalia was written to protest the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas and to provide a picture of the political events during his regime, but the book's popularity stemmed from the love story that fuels the plot. Originally published in 1851 in serial form, Marmol's novel recounts the story of Eduardo and Amalia, who fall in love while he is hiding in her home. Amalia and her cousin Daniel protect him from Rosist persecution, but before the couple and the cousin can escape to safety, they are discovered by the death squad and the young men die. Similar in style to the romantic novels of Walter Scott, Amalia provides a detailed picture of life under a dictatorship combined with lively dialogue, drama, and a tragic love story.
600	1	4	_aRosas, Juan Manuel Jose Domingo Ortiz de _d(1793-1877)
650		4	_aPersecution _v--Fiction
700	1		_aLane, Helen R.
700	1		_aSommer, Doris _d, 1947-
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