Author: Donald Mc.GradyPublisher:
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Languages : en
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La Novela Historica en Colombia, 1844-1959
A History of Colombian Literature
Author: Raymond Leslie WilliamsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 131649540X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 773
Book Description
In recent decades, the international recognition of Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez has placed Colombian writing on the global literary map. A History of Colombian Literature explores the genealogy of Colombian poetry and prose from the colonial period to the present day. Beginning with a comprehensive introduction that charts the development of a national literary tradition, this History includes extensive essays that illuminate the cultural and political intricacies of Colombian literature. Organized thematically, these essays survey the multilayered verse and fiction of such diverse writers as José Eustacio Rivera, Tomás Carrasquilla, Alvaro Mutis, and Darío Jaramillo Agudelo. Written by a host of leading scholars, this History also devotes special attention to the lasting significance of colonialism and multiculturalism in Colombian literature. This book is of pivotal importance to the development of Colombian writing and will serve as an invaluable reference for specialists and students alike.
Pirate Novels
Author: Nina Gerassi-NavarroPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822323938
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Study of selected pirate novels of the 19th century which illustrates the relationship between varied images of pirates and the different political projects of the authors, and the use of pirates as emblems of the struggle of Spanish America to transform
The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature
Author: Roberto Gonzalez EchevarríaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521410359
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature is by far the most comprehensive work of its kind ever written. Its three volumes cover the whole sweep of Latin American literature (including Brazilian) from pre-Colombian times to the present, and contain chapters on Latin American writing in the USA. Volume 3 is devoted partly to the history of Brazilian literature, from the earliest writing through the colonial period and the Portuguese-language traditions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; and partly also to an extensive bibliographical section in which annotated reading lists relating to the chapters in all three volumes of The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature are presented. These bibliographies are a unique feature of the History, further enhancing its immense value as a reference work.
The Cambridge History of Latin America
Author: Leslie BethellPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521495943
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
This volume discusses trends in twentieth-century Latin American literature, philosophy, art, music, and popular culture.
Latin America's New Historical Novel
Author: Seymour MentonPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292786271
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Beginning with the 1979 publication of Alejo Carpentier's El arpa y la sombra, the New Historical Novel has become the dominant genre within Latin American fiction. In this at-times tongue-in-cheek postmodern study, Seymour Menton explores why the New Historical Novel has achieved such popularity and offers discerning readings of numerous works. Menton argues persuasively that the proximity of the Columbus Quincentennial triggered the rise of the New Historical Novel. After defining the historical novel in general, he identifies the distinguishing features of the New Historical Novel. Individual chapters delve deeply into such major works as Mario Vargas Llosa's La guerra del fin del mundo, Abel Posse's Los perros del paraíso, Gabriel García Márquez's El general en su laberinto, and Carlos Fuentes' La campaña. A chapter on the Jewish Latin American novel focuses on several works that deserve greater recognition, such as Pedro Orgambide's Aventuras de Edmund Ziller en tierras del Nuevo Mundo, Moacyr Scliar's A estranha nação de Rafael Mendes, and Angelina Muñiz's Tierra adentro.
Guide to the Hispanic American Historical Review, 1956-1975
Author: Wilber A. ChaffeePublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822304296
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
External Research
Author: United States. Department of State. External Research DivisionPublisher:
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Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Letter of Violence
Author: I. AvelarPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1403978204
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
This book traces the theory of violence from nineteenth-century symmetrical warfare through today's warfare of electronics and unbalanced numbers. Surveying such luminaries as Walter Benjamin, Frantz Fanon, Hannah Arendt, Paul Virilio, and Jacques Derrida, Avelar also offers a discussion of theories of torture and confession, the work of Roman Polanski and Borges, and a meditation on the rise of the novel in Colombia.
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