Abstract

SAEZ MENDEZ, Leonor. Gertrudis Segovia Alvarez: Between her Writing Needs and her Oblivion. La Palabra [online]. 2022, n.44, 10.  Epub Mar 30, 2023. ISSN 0121-8530.  https://doi.org/10.19053/01218530.n44.2022.14397.

A literature review regarding Gertrudis Segovia Álvarez shows this author has been forgotten from the critics despite being recognized as a successful writer at the beginning of the twentieth century. This paper aims archival research related to her stay in the Canary Islands and the influence of this time in her work. The findings show the issues Gertrudis Segovia embodied with her feminine identity because of an intellectual and emotional exclusion. Also, it is discovered in this paper the features of being a self-sacrificing woman, the importance of the influence of the masculine role in her life -her father and her husband, and the importance of her recognition by a female audience in the middle of the strong influence of the Catholicism in the social life and the private life as well. All of these features frame her initial recognition as an important author but also the forgetfulness of herself and her work.

Keywords : Gertrudis Segovia; popularity; domestic sphere; ideology; abnegation; oblivion.

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