Michael Schinasi Ventura de la Vega and El hombre de mundo: At the Threshold of the Realist Period in Spain t Editorial Academia del Hispanismo 2015 Contents A !"# $% · 11 · I T' L() *! W+ ) * W+!, M* · 13 · 1. Ventura de la Vega, Transnational: American Origins; the Young Man as Well-bred Outsider .......................................... 2. Man of Letters and Government Functionary ......................... 3. Domestic Life, Politics, Human Type: From Young Radical to Conservative Family Man ........................................................ 4. Notes on the Lesser-Known Works.......................................... 13 25 38 44 II E "#$%&' (' $)*(#: A$ $' T'+ %'! ) $' R *(%$ P +(! ( S0*( ·59 · 1. An Orientation to El hombre de mundo: Its Reception, the Play, its Values ......................................................................... 2. Individuality and Individualism in Characterization, Theme, and History .............................................................................. 3. Clara, Consumer Society, and Ironic Life ................................ 4. A Classic Period Piece at the Threshold of the Realist Period. III Bibliography · 145 · 59 78 97 131