Critical Essay by David K. Herzberger
Volverás a Región clearly represents … a significant departure from the neorealistic novel of the 1950's and early 1960's. It ...
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Critical Essay by Kessel Schwartz
[Juan Benet, in his novel Saúl ante Samuel,] repeats his standard themes of ruin, disintegration, solitude, guilt, time, life, and death involving the Spanish...
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Critical Essay by James H. Abbott
Using the style and tone of traditional fables, Juan Benet turns the formula into a contemporary art form to serve his own artistic and ideological purposes [in Trec...
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Critical Essay by Kathryn Kilgore
Juan Benet has been called the Spanish Proust. He is one of Spain's most important and controversial modernists. His style, strongly influenced by Central and...
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Critical Essay by Allen Josephs
Juan Benet is sometimes called the Proust of Spain, sometimes the Faulkner. Neither label is correct. He is best described as the Juan Benet of Spain, the most imposin...
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Critical Essay by Vincente Cabrera
Benet's six novelettes are chronologically scattered throughout his entire career: from his first and seminal four-work collection, Nunca llegarás a n...
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Critical Essay by David K. Herzberger
