El árbol de la ciencia de Pío Baroja

Autobiography and the Novel

The following pages contain extracts from Baroja's Discurso de ingreso en la Academia Española. There he spoke about la formación psicológica de un escritor. Many of the comments are autobiographical, and in the extract you will find references to incidents, events, people who figure in El árbol de la ciencia, and so give quick and easy insight into how Baroja wrote that novel with his own experience at the forefront of his imagination. Click on the topics which you wish to follow up. You can return to this page via the button. Note that you can call up a Student notes facility,top left corner.