Corazón tan blanco

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II. Literary Genre: The Novel

4. How do elements of irony work in the novel?

Javier Marías. Corazón tan blanco. (1992, Spain)

Key Terms (tags): novel, irony, spanish literature, twentieth century

Supporting References:

1. http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Mar%C3%ADas#Novelas

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Heart_So_White
3. “"Corazón tan blanco": A Post-Postmodern Novel by Javier Marías” www.jstor.org/stable/30203560‎
4. Reviews: http://www.javiermarias.es/PAGINASDECRITICAS/criticasyresenascorazon.html
5. Review: http://www.harpersbazaar.es/articulo/122/javier-marias-corazon-tan-blanco
6. Critical: http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/ciberletras/v06/calvelo.html
7. Blog: http://cuadernodorado.blogspot.com/2009/01/corazn-tan-blanco-de-javier-maras.html
8. http://cvc.cervantes.es/trujaman/anteriores/abril_12/09042012.htm
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10. Birch, Dinah. "Marías, Javier." The Oxford Companion to English Literature. : Oxford University Press, 2009. Oxford Reference. 2009. Date Accessed 16 Aug. 2013 .

The article offers an overview of Marías and less a discussion on the above-cited text.

“Marías, Javier (1951– ) Spanish novelist, translator, and member of the Royal Spanish Academy, born and educated in Madrid. In addition to translations of Sir Thomas *Browne, Laurence *Sterne, and Joseph *Conrad, he has published a number of novels including Todas las almas (1989: All Souls), an academic comedy set in Oxford where he taught 1983–5, and Corazón tan blanco (1992: A Heart so White), a complex and carefully plotted novel of jealousy and passion, packed with Shakespearian allusions. His major trilogy, Tu rostro mañana: Your Face Tomorrow, was completed in 2007. It centres on its narrator's involvement with a shadowy group connected to MI6, represented in Oxford by a retired don, Sir Peter Wheeler.”