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Record Nr.

UNINA9910733706703321

Titolo

The Mexican Crack Writers : History and Criticism / / edited by Héctor Jaimes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-62716-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 210 p.)

Collana

Literatures of the Americas, , 2634-6028

Disciplina

860.998

Soggetti

Latin American literature

Literature, Modern - 20th century

Literature, Modern - 21st century

Latin American/Caribbean Literature

Contemporary Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction. The Mexican Crack Writers: Towards a New Literary Aesthetics; Jaimes -- 2. The Crack Movement’s Literary Cartography (1996-2016); Alvarado Ruiz -- 3. The Crack: Generational Strategies in Mexico; Regalado -- 4. Narrative Techniques in Jorge Volpi’s fictions; Calderón -- 5. Science, Art, and Magic: Totalization and Totalitarianism in Jorge Volpi’s In Search of Klingsor; González -- 6. Soldiers and Shadows: The Post-National Militant in Ignacio Padilla’s Amphitryon and El daño no es de ayer; Stachura -- 7. Living in Las Rémoras. An introduction to Eloy Urroz’s Fiction; Regalado -- 8. Towards a Philosophy of Love: Pedro Ángel Palou’s Qliphoth and La profundidad de la piel; Jaimes -- 9. El dinero del diablo by Pedro Angel Palou: A New Moral Dialogue; Houvenaghel -- 10. Ricardo Chávez Castañeda: The Limits of Fiction; Sánchez Prado -- 11. Crack Manifesto -- 12. Crack Postmanifesto (1996-2016) -- Notes on Contributors.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a rich and cutting-edge analysis of one of the most prominent literary groups in Latin America: the Mexican Crack Writers. The first part explores the history of the group and its relation to the Latin American literary tradition, while the second part is devoted to the



critical analysis of the works of each of the authors: Ricardo Chávez Castañeda, Ignacio Padilla, Pedro Ángel Palou, Eloy Urroz and Jorge Volpi. The volume is further enriched by the inclusion, in the appendix, of the two manifestos of the group: the Crack Manifesto and the Crack Postmanifesto (1996-2016). It will be of great interest to students and scholars focusing on contemporary Latin American literature.