Carmen (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Prosper Merimee
- First Published: 1845
- Type of Work: Novella
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Changelings or cuckoos, Love or romance, Murder or homicide, Nineteenth century, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Obsession, Soldiers, Smuggling or smugglers, Outlaws, Spain or Spanish people, Gypsies
- Locales: Andalusia, Spain, Seville, Spain, Córdoba, Spain
Places Discussed
*Andalusia. Southern province of Spain that is the story’s principal setting. Don José’s narrative to the scholar from his jail cell forms the main body of the tale; he dwells on his recent life as a smuggler and thief for a gang in which his lover, Carmen, acted as a lookout. His story moves from location to location in a wild landscape made up of hills and gorges where he and his fellow brigands pursued a criminal existence.
As he had done in his first experiment with the novella genre in his acclaimed Colomba (1841) set in Corsica, so now...
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