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A Companion to Modern Spanish American Fiction
Contributor(s): Shaw, Donald Leslie (Author)

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ISBN: 1855660784     ISBN-13: 9781855660786
Publisher: Tamesis Books
OUR PRICE: $94.50  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: January 2002
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Annotation: With such figures as Jorge Luis Borges, Miguel ngel Asturias and Gabriel Garca Mrquez (both the latter Nobel Prizewinners) Spanish American fiction is now unquestionably an integral part of the mainstream of Western literature. This book draws on the most recent research in describing the origins and development of narrative in Spanish America during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, tracing the pattern from Romanticism and Realism, through Modernismo, Naturalism and Regionalism to the Boom and beyond. It shows how, while seldom moving completely away from satire, social criticism and protest, Spanish American fiction has evolved through successive phases in which both the conceptions of the writer's task and presumptions about narrative and reality have undergone radical alterations. DONALD SHAW holds the Brown Forman Chair of Spanish American literature in the University of Virginia.

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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - Hispanic American
- Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese
Dewey: 863.609
LCCN: 2001044278
Series: Monografías a
Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.22" W x 9.6" L (1.18 lbs) 264 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic
- Ethnic Orientation - Latino
 
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Contributor Bio(s): Shaw, Donald L.: - Brown Forman Professor of Spanish American Literature, University of Virginia.
 
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