The re-vision of accepted images of women, in this case the biblical figures Martha and Mary, forms the basis of this article on poems by María Victoria Atencia, Margarita Merino, and Maite Pérez Larumbe. Because each of these women belongs to a different generation, she approaches the biblical sisters from a different angle. These poems reveal profound changes in attitude that have occurred in Spanish culture and society after the death of Franco.
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