The Twentieth-Century Spanish American Novel (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
280
Utgivningsdatum
2004-12-01
Utmärkelser
Winner of A Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book (United States).
Förlag
University of Texas Press
Illustrationer
10 color and 65 b&w illus.
Dimensioner
219 x 154 x 16 mm
Vikt
386 g
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1
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2:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9780292706705

The Twentieth-Century Spanish American Novel

av Raymond Leslie Williams
Häftad,  Engelska, 2004-12-01
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A Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book Spanish American novels of the Boom period (1962-1967) attracted a world readership to Latin American literature, but Latin American writers had already been engaging in the modernist experiments of their North American and European counterparts since the turn of the twentieth century. Indeed, the desire to be "modern" is a constant preoccupation in twentieth-century Spanish American literature and thus a very useful lens through which to view the century's novels. In this pathfinding study, Raymond L. Williams offers the first complete analytical and critical overview of the Spanish American novel throughout the entire twentieth century. Using the desire to be modern as his organizing principle, he divides the century's novels into five periods and discusses the differing forms that "the modern" took in each era. For each period, Williams begins with a broad overview of many novels, literary contexts, and some cultural debates, followed by new readings of both canonical and significant non-canonical novels. A special feature of this book is its emphasis on women writers and other previously ignored and/or marginalized authors, including experimental and gay writers. Williams also clarifies the legacy of the Boom, the Postboom, and the Postmodern as he introduces new writers and new novelistic trends of the 1990s.
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A truly comprehensive overview of the Spanish American novel from 1900 to 1999. * Virginia Quarterly Review * In what undoubtedly will be a very useful guide for students and established scholars alike, Williams presents a panoramic picture of the Latin American novel in the 20th century, a picture that is utterly convincing not only for its impressive breadth but also for the way Williams organizes it. Working with the category of the modern and identifying the various responses to it from novelists throughout the region, the books five sections span the range from early postRuben Darian fiction to post-postmodern novels. In between, Williams presents a succinct and useful reading of both canonical and marginalized but aesthetically relevant writers from all periods. Particularly adroit is his discussion of the hegemony and ulterior demise of masculinist aesthetics as feminist and queer fiction emerged, particularly toward the end of the century. Additionally, discussion of Chicano writing attests to the books breadth and inclusiveness. Summing up: Essential. * Choice * This book would be of great value to any scholar in the area of Latin American literature. It is an exhaustive overview of the major works of the twentieth century, an dit also provides severeal more in-depth analyses of major works. * Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies *

Övrig information

Raymond Leslie Williams is Professor of Latin American Literature at the University of California, Riverside. His previous publications include The Writings of Carlos Fuentes, The Postmodern Novel in Latin America, and The Colombian Novel, 18441987.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Part I: The Literary Tradition and Modern Science, 1900-1921 Chapter 1. Novelistic and Cultural Contexts at the Turn of the Century Chapter 2. Rereading Spanish American Classics Part II: Traditional and Modernist Aesthetics, 1922-1940 Chapter 3. Novelistic and Cultural Contexts in the 1920s and 1930s Chapter 4. Rereading Spanish American Criollista Classics Chapter 5. Rereading Novels of Vanguardia Part III: The Rise of the Modernist Novel, 1941-1961 Chapter 6. Novelistic and Cultural Contexts of Latin American Modernism Chapter 7. Rereading Spanish American Modernist Novels Part IV: Modern and Cosmopolitan Works, 1962-1967 Chapter 8. Novels and Contexts of the Boom and Beyond Chapter 9. Rereading Novels of the Boom Chapter 10. Rereading the Spanish American Novel beyond the Boom Part V: Toward a Postboom, Feminist, and Postmodern Novel, 1968-1999 Chapter 11. Novelistic and Cultural Contexts in the 1970s and 1980s Chapter 12. Rereading the Spanish American Novel of the 1970s and 1980s Chapter 13. Modern, Postmodern, and Transnational: The Latin American Novel in the 1990s Notes Bibliography

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