Surrealism in Latin American Literature

Searching for Breton's Ghost
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-44986-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 267 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3552 g

Charting surrealism in Latin American literature from its initial appearance in Argentina in 1928 to the surrealist-inspired work of several writers in the 1970s, Melanie Nicholson argues that surrealism has exercised a significant and positive influence over twentieth-century Latin American literature, particularly poetry.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nicholson, M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Postkoloniale Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: CONTEXTS AND CONTOURS Surrealism is Dead: ¡Viva el surrealismo! The Latin American Connection PART II: THE EMERGENCE OF SURREALISM IN LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1928-1950 Initiations: Aldo Pellegrini and the First Surrealist Group in Argentina Neruda and Anti-Neruda, or the Case of Chile's Mandrágora Poets Peru: The Surrealist Space between Mariátegui and Vallejo The Two Faces of Early Surrealism in Mexico PART III: A SURREALISM OF ONE'S OWN, 1950-1980 The Argentine Surrealist Journals 'Another Ship Must Be Launched': Surrealism in Argentine Poetry, 1950-1970 Chile: The Avatars and the Antagonists of Mandrágora Octavio Paz, Surrealism's Favorite Son

Über Autor(innen)

Melanie Nicholson is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Bard College, USA.