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The Catastrophe of Modernity. Tragedy and the Nation in Latin American Literature.
Patrick Dove
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Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 621.
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, César 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 ... Read more
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, César 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611481921
SKU
V9781611481921
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About Patrick Dove
Patrick Dove is Assistant Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture at Indiana University. His work focuses on connections between literature, culture, and contemporary theory in the Southern Cone, Mexico, and and Perú. His current research investigates the implication of "transition" (in its political, economic, and epistemological configurations) for literature and other forms of cultural production.
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