Love and politics in the contemporary Spanish American novel

Love and politics in the contemporary Spanish American novel / Aníbal González.

The Latin American Literary Boom was marked by complex novels steeped in magical realism and questions of nationalism, often with themes of surreal violence. In recent years, however, those revolutionary projects of the sixties and seventies have given way to quite a different narrative vision and i...

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Main Author: González, Aníbal, 1956-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Spanish American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Sentimentalism in literature.
Politics and literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Caribbean & Latin American.
Politics and literature
Sentimentalism in literature
Spanish American fiction
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : from testimonial narrative to the new sentimental novel : Barnet and Poniatowska
  • Patriotic passion : Isabel Allende's Of love and shadows
  • Love or friendship? : Tarzan's tonsillitis by Alfredo Bryce Echenique
  • Journey back to the source of love : García Márquez's Of love and other demons
  • Recipes for romance : Laura Esquivel, Luis Sepúlveda, and Marcela Serrano
  • The importance of being sentimental : Antonio Skármeta's Love-fifteen and Luis Rafael Sánchez's La importancia de llamarse Daniel Santos.

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