America unbound : encyclopedic literature and hemispheric studies / / Antonio Barrenechea
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| Autore: |
Barrenechea Antonio
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| Titolo: |
America unbound : encyclopedic literature and hemispheric studies / / Antonio Barrenechea
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| Pubblicazione: | Albuquerque : , : University of New Mexico Press, , [2016] |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 809.3/997 |
| Soggetto topico: | American fiction - History and criticism |
| Mexican fiction - 20th century - History and criticism | |
| French-Canadian fiction - 20th century - History and criticism | |
| Soggetto geografico: | America In literature |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | America unbound |
| ISBN: | 0-8263-5759-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812860603321 |
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