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Anales galdosianos [Publicaciones periódicas]. Año XII, 1977<br />
An Evaluation of Bibliografía de <strong>Galdós</strong>, I by Manuel<br />
Hernández Suárez<br />
Hensley C. Woodbridge<br />
Galdosianos have long felt the lack of a bibliography of material by and about the great Spanish<br />
author. The <strong>Galdós</strong> bibliographer faces challenges not faced by those who prepare bibliographies on<br />
authors of less importance. <strong>Galdós</strong> was a prolific author; his works went through numerous editions.<br />
Outside of Cervantes, he is probably Spain's most translated author. He contributed to numerous<br />
newspapers and journals. Many of his works have been made into textbooks and parts of his works<br />
appear in numerous anthologies for world literature. Several of his works have been made into movies<br />
and their scripts published. In regard to biographical and critical studies on <strong>Galdós</strong>, in academic circles<br />
in the United States there would appear to have been written more dissertations on him than Cervantes<br />
and <strong>Galdós</strong>, especially in recent years, has been the subject of books, articles and lectures wherever<br />
Spanish is spoken or taught.<br />
All studens of Benito Pérez <strong>Galdós</strong> will find themselves immeasurably in the debt of Manuel<br />
Hernández Suárez and his Bibliografía de <strong>Galdós</strong> , I, [Las Palmas], Ediciones del Excmo. Cabildo<br />
Insular de Gran Canaria, 1972 (the colophon is dated 1974), xiv, 553 pp. His efforts in compiling<br />
this volume and the one to follow, a bibliography of material about <strong>Galdós</strong>, can only be highly<br />
applauded. It may be that only another bibliographer can truly appreciate the long and tedious hours<br />
that Hernández Suárez has spent in compiling this bibliography. He has centered his research in the<br />
libraries of Madrid (chiefly the Biblioteca Nacional) and the Museo Canario and the Casa-Museo<br />
Pérez <strong>Galdós</strong> in Las Palmas. Many of the title pages that are reproduced are from material found in<br />
the Casa-Museo. Hernández Suárez has worked many years on this bibliography and his care and<br />
devotion to his subject are apparent throughout. This is a first attempt at a comprehensive bibliography<br />
of material by <strong>Galdós</strong>. It would seem that the compiler hoped to cover <strong>Galdós</strong>' publications through<br />
the mid-1960's, for there are very few items listed published after 1965 and none after 1968. For<br />
material by and about <strong>Galdós</strong> published after this date the interested student and scholar should use<br />
the carefully classified bibliographies of <strong>Galdós</strong> that Hernández Suárez has contributed on an almost<br />
annual basis to the Anales galdosianos . Hernández Suárez began publishing his supplements to this<br />
main volume even before it had been published.<br />
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