| The Catastrophe of Modernity: Tragedy and the Nation in Latin American Literature Contributor(s): Dove, Patrick (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611481929 ISBN-13: 9781611481921 Publisher: Bucknell University Press OUR PRICE: $115.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American - Literary Criticism | Reference |
| Dewey: 860.998 |
| Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.46" W x 9.29" (1.36 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Catastrophe of Modernity examines four very different Latin American writers in the context of their respective national traditions. In a series of sophisticated and challenging theoretical readings of texts by Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, C sar Vallejo, and Ricardo Piglia, Patrick Dove persuasively argues that the idea of tragedy offers new ways of understanding the relation between literature and the modern Latin American nation-state. Powerfully argued, The Catastrophe of Modernity brings together Latin American texts with important contemporary concepts in philosophical and theoretical criticism, enabling those concepts in relation to tragedy to emerge from Dove's discussion with greater clarity and renewed interest. |
