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The primary aim of this research is to explore and critically interrogate Isabel Allende's popularity cross-culturally in Britain and Spain. It analyses readers' responses to Allende's works as well as the discourses surrounding her public representation, an approach that is 'readerly' but must also take account of production and text. This approach is intended to further the understanding of Allende's work which so far has always been analysed from a textual perspective. However, the relationship between Allende's popularity, her texts, public representation and readers has not yet been analysed in detail.

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...until now Allende's work has not received the depth and range of exploration it richly deserves. ln breaking away from the traditional classifications Fanjul's bold step is compelling. Her particular lens, popularity , opens for readers a complex space, inviting examination and reflection on what draws us into reading that will be of great value for academics, writers and publishers. -Dr. Mercedes Carbayo-Abengozar, Nottingham Trent University, UK, School of Arts and Humanities. Recognising the importance of the wider cultural context, Fanjul examines the larger discursive formations around the figures of Isabel Allende as author, historical actor and celebrated Woman. She shows how this larger context often enters into the readings that her book group member made of Allende's novels. -Professor Richard Johnson. Independent Scholar.

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Dr. Maria C. Fanjul Fanjul is a Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at Nottingham Trent University. She received her Ph.D. in the Humanities from Nottingham Trent University.

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