Ophelia

‘A masterful and comprehensive study of the myriad manifestations of Ophelia in post-Franco Spain. The book includes all the literary genres – poetry, novel, drama – and the visual arts with stunning illustrations. Shakespeare’s tragic female character has taken on a wide variety of meanings in Spain’s recent culture, displaying an amazing adaptability to new circumstances.’
-Roberta Johnson, Professor Emerita, University of Kansas

‘The author offers a stunning, double-stranded approach to Spanish cultural production in twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature and art. The Shakespearian figure of Ophelia serves as the grounding from which the evolutionary genetics of gender and Spanish cultural history is made visible. This reference to DNA is deliberate: the imprint of Ophelia on contemporary Spanish art and culture is indelible.’
-Margaret H. Persin, Professor Emerita, Rutgers University

'Sharon Keefe Ugalde has realized a captivating and persuasive analysis of the Ophelia myth in the arts and literature produced since the beginning of the Spanish Transition to the presentday. Of special note is the broad scope of her material as well as close, fruitful readings that—as she notes in her “Introduction”—fill a void concerning renditions of Ophelia in Iberian art and literature. In terms of readership, this book is of interest to the general public as well as those interested in Iberian Studies.

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- John Margenot in Hispania, Volume 104, Number 2, June 2021