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Latin American Fiction
A Short Introduction
Phillip Swanson
Wiley · Print & ebook · December 10, 2004
Reading lane: Caribbean & Latin American Criticism
This book introduces readers to the evolution of modern fiction in Spanish-speaking Latin America. - Presents Latin American fiction in its cultural and political contexts. - Introduces debates about how to read this literature. - Combines an overview of the evolution of modern Latin American fiction with detailed studies of key texts. - Discusses authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Isabel Allende. - Covers nation-building narratives, ‘modernismo’, the New Novel, the Boom, the Post-Boom, Magical Realism, Hispanic fiction in the USA, and more.
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- Authors
- Phillip Swanson
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- December 10, 2004
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Caribbean & Latin American Criticism · Hispanic American Lit Crit
- Reading lane
- Caribbean & Latin American Criticism
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This book introduces readers to the evolution of modern fiction in Spanish-speaking Latin America. - Presents Latin American fiction in its cultural and political contexts. - Introduces debates about how to read this literature. - Combines an overview of the evolution of modern Latin American fiction with detailed studies of key texts. - Discusses authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Isabel Allende. - Covers nation-building narrat...
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