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Record Nr.

UNISA996208305403316

Autore

Swanson Philip <1959->

Titolo

Latin American fiction [[electronic resource] ] : a short introduction / / Philip Swanson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden [Mass.], : Blackwell Pub., 2005

ISBN

1-280-23712-0

9786610237128

0-470-79614-6

0-470-77629-3

1-4051-4085-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 p.)

Collana

Blackwell introductions to literature

Disciplina

863.009

863.70998

863/.70998

Soggetti

Spanish American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Spanish American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [138]-141) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Beginnings : narrative and the challenge of new nations -- National narratives : regional and continental identities -- The rise of the new narrative -- The boom -- After the boom -- Hispanic American fiction of the United States -- Culture wars : ways of reading Latin American fiction.

Sommario/riassunto

This book introduces readers to the evolution of modern fiction in Spanish-speaking Latin America. Presents Latin American fiction in its cultural and political contexts. Introduces debates about how to read this literature. Combines an overview of the evolution of modern Latin American fiction with detailed studies of key texts. Discusses authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Isabel Allende. Covers nation-building narratives, 'modernismo', the New Novel, the Boom, the Post-Boom, Magical Realism, Hispanic ficti