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Unhomely Rooms
Roberto Ignacio Diaz
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Description for Unhomely Rooms
Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 562.
In Unhomely Rooms, Roberto Ignacio Díaz explores the practice of writing in English and French by Spanish American authors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Traditionally, writers such as the Contesse Merlin (a Cuban-French author) and W.H. Hudson (The Anglo-American best known for his ornithological works) have been excluded from the established discussion of Spanish-American literature because they wrote in a language other than Spanish. Seeking to revise the notion that "heterolingualism" should lead to literary-historical elision, Díaz underscores the ties that bind the works of these authors to the Spanish American literary canon. Through his close readings of texts ... Read more
In Unhomely Rooms, Roberto Ignacio Díaz explores the practice of writing in English and French by Spanish American authors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Traditionally, writers such as the Contesse Merlin (a Cuban-French author) and W.H. Hudson (The Anglo-American best known for his ornithological works) have been excluded from the established discussion of Spanish-American literature because they wrote in a language other than Spanish. Seeking to revise the notion that "heterolingualism" should lead to literary-historical elision, Díaz underscores the ties that bind the works of these authors to the Spanish American literary canon. Through his close readings of texts ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611481464
SKU
V9781611481464
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About Roberto Ignacio Diaz
Roberto Ignacio Díaz is an associate professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California.
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