CECILIA BÖHL DE FABER BEFORE FERNÁN CABALLERO. The emergence of an authorial identity and voice

Abstract

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1877) developed a great enthusiasm for writing since a young age: her first literary steps already take place in the initial decades of the 19th century. In this article I examine how her authorial identity emerges, how she expresses herself through her authorial voice, and how she represents the female subject, in a selection of the first creations of the author published by Camille Pitollet at the beginning of the 20th century. As a result, I argue that this writer’s literary career begins before her choosing to write under the pseudonym Fernán Caballero and to publish her works such as La gaviota in 1849.