Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Decimonónica
Volume
1
Issue
1
Publisher
Decimonónica
Publication Date
2004
First Page
16
Last Page
32
Abstract
Throughout his lifetime Galdós had a special fondness for and a creative interest in the use of nicknames. Gregorio Marañón, for example, says that until the end of his life, Don Benito delighted in using “apodos y motes [. . .] con que designaba constantemente a las personas de su trato, llenos [estos apodos] siempre de un hiperbólico gracejo” (71). We also know that Galdós and Concha-Ruth Morell, during the period of their intimacy, continually used a rich variety of nicknames not only to refer to each other, but also to other persons (Smith 91-120). Thus it is no surprise that Galdós, like other nineteenth-century authors, should use nicknames in his creative works.
Recommended Citation
Chamberlin, Vernon A., "Cultural Nicknames: An Important Feature of Galdós’ Art" (2004). Decimonónica. Paper 165.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/decimononica/165