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Autore |
Ochoa John A (John Andres), <1967-> |
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Titolo |
The uses of failure in Mexican literature and identity [[electronic resource] /] / by John A. Ochoa |
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Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2004 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mexican prose literature - History and criticism |
Failure (Psychology) in literature |
National characteristics, Mexican, in literature |
Literature and history - Mexico |
Electronic books. |
Mexico Historiography |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-232) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Education and entropy in Bernal Díaz del Castillo's War to stop time -- Compromised free markets in El Periquillo Sarniento : teachers, albureros, and other shouters -- Alexander von Humboldt's work on Mexico : cultural allegory, and the limits of vision -- José Vasconcelos and the necessities of failure -- The threats of collapse in Cambio de piel (or Fuentes the frail) -- Guillermo Gómez-Peña : bordering on madness and performing liminality -- General Santa Anna's leg and other failings. |
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