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UNINA9910798661703321 |
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Barrenechea Antonio |
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Titolo |
America unbound : encyclopedic literature and hemispheric studies / / Antonio Barrenechea |
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Albuquerque : , : University of New Mexico Press, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (247 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American fiction - History and criticism |
Mexican fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
French-Canadian fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
America In literature |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- The great(er) American paradigm: Moby-Dick and the Summa Americana -- From terra incognita to terra nostra: Carlos Fuentes's Reinvention of America -- Jacques Poulin's archival pathways: Volkswagen blues as discovery chronicle -- Leslie Marmon Silko's Council book: hemispheric forces in Almanac of the dead -- Greater America in the classroom: comparative literature, theory and praxis. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This original contribution to hemispheric American literary studies comprises readings of three important novels from Mexico, Canada, and the United States: Carlos Fuentes's Terra Nostra, Quebecois writer Jacques Poulin's Volkswagen Blues, and Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the Dead. |
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