The spirit of carnival : magical realism and the grotesque / / David K. Danow
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| Autore: |
Danow David K (David Keevin), <1944->
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| Titolo: |
The spirit of carnival : magical realism and the grotesque / / David K. Danow
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| Pubblicazione: | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2004 |
| ©1995 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 809/.93353 |
| Soggetto topico: | Carnival in literature |
| Magic in literature | |
| Grotesque in literature | |
| Fiction - 20th century - History and criticism | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; 1 LITERARY MANIFESTATIONS; 2 THE CARNIVALESQUE-GROTESQUE; 3 MAGICAL REALISM; 4 GROTESQUE REALISM; 5 ARCHETYPAL ASPECTS; NOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The world of literature responds to the ""spirit of carnival"" in ways that are both social and cultural, mythological and archetypal. Literature provides a mirror in which carnival is reflected and refracted through the multifarious perspectives of verbal art. In his original, wide-ranging book, David K. Danow catches the various reflections in that mirror, from the bright, life-affirming magical side of carnival, as revealed in the literature of Latin American writers, to its dark, grotesque, death-embracing aspect as illustrated in numerous novels depicting the dire experience of the Second |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The spirit of carnival |
| ISBN: | 0-8131-4894-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787380103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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