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A Companion to Magical Realism
Contributor(s): Hart, Stephen M. (Editor), Ouyang, Wen-Chin (Editor), Rengifo, Alejandra (Contribution by)

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 ISBN: 1855662132     ISBN-13: 9781855662131
Publisher: Tamesis Books
OUR PRICE: $37.00  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - General
- Literary Collections
- Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American
Dewey: 863.609
Series: Monografías a
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (0.94 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Latin America
Features: Bibliography
 
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Publisher Description:
This new 'Companion to Magical Realism' provides an assessment of the world-wide impact of a movement which was incubated in Germany, flourished in Latin America and then spread to the rest of the world. It provides a set of up-to-date assessments of the work of writers traditionally associated with magical realism such as Gabriel García Márquez [in particular his recently published memoirs], Alejo Carpentier, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Juan Rulfo, Isabel Allende, Laura Esquivel and Salman Rushdie, as well as bringing into the fold new authors such as W.B. Yeats, Seamus Heaney, José Saramago, Dorit Rabinyan, Ovid, María Luisa Bombal, Ibrahim al-Kawni, Mayra Montero, Nakagami Kenji, José Eustasio Rivera and Elias Khoury, discussed for the first time in the context of magical realism. Written in a jargon-free style, and with all quotations translated into English, this book offers a refreshing new interdisciplinary slant on magical realism as an international literary phenomenon emerging from the trauma of colonial dispossession. The companion also has a Guide to Further Reading. Stephen Hart is Professor of Hispanic Studies, University College London and Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru. Wen-chin Ouyang lectures in Arabic Literature and Comparative Literature at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.

Contributor Bio(s): Hart, Stephen M.: - Professor of Latin American Film, Literature and Culture School of European Languages, Culture and Society University College London.
 
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