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Nature and Culture in Pepita Jiménez

Nature and Culture in Pepita Jiménez The socialist politician and post-Franco Mayor of Madrid, Enrique Tierno Galván, wrote in an essay "Don Juan Valera o el buen sentido" of what he called Valera's "mentalidad empresarial," which we might translate as a "managerial mind," and which I have linked in a recently published piece (Introduction) to Valera's experience as a diplomat, whose profession would typically involve working behind the scenes, obtaining agreements and managing political relationships.1 Towards the end of Pepita Jiménez, but chronologically nearer its beginning, the cacique Don Pedro writes to his brother the Dean concerning the cacique's plans to arrange a marriage between his son Luis, a seminarian, and Pepita, the young widow of the title. He sees the two most potent allies to further his plans as Pepita's housekeeper Antoñona, who is about to be encouraged by Don Pedro to fan the flames of the young couple's mutual passion, and the local priest, the Padre Vicario, who has acted as an innocent go-between, praising the one to the other in his talks with both, and unwittingly facilitating proxy communications between the two. This is how Don Pedro sums up his designs in the letter: "Tal poderosa combinación de medios naturales y http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Anales Galdosianos Anales Galdosianos

Nature and Culture in Pepita Jiménez

Whiston, James.
Anales Galdosianos , Volume 47 (1) – Dec 23, 2012
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The socialist politician and post-Franco Mayor of Madrid, Enrique Tierno Galván, wrote in an essay "Don Juan Valera o el buen sentido" of what he called Valera's "mentalidad empresarial," which we might translate as a "managerial mind," and which I have linked in a recently published piece (Introduction) to Valera's experience as a diplomat, whose profession would typically involve working behind the scenes, obtaining agreements and managing political relationships.1 Towards the end of Pepita Jiménez, but chronologically nearer its beginning, the cacique Don Pedro writes to his brother the Dean concerning the cacique's plans to arrange a marriage between his son Luis, a seminarian, and Pepita, the young widow of the title. He sees the two most potent allies to further his plans as Pepita's housekeeper Antoñona, who is about to be encouraged by Don Pedro to fan the flames of the young couple's mutual passion, and the local priest, the Padre Vicario, who has acted as an innocent go-between, praising the one to the other in his talks with both, and unwittingly facilitating proxy communications between the two. This is how Don Pedro sums up his designs in the letter: "Tal poderosa combinación de medios naturales y

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