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Killer Books : Writing, Violence, and Ethics in Modern Spanish American Narrative /
Writing and violence have been inextricably linked in Spanish America from the Conquest onward. Spanish authorities used written edicts, laws, permits, regulations, logbooks, and account books to control indigenous peoples whose cultures were predominantly oral, giving rise to a mingled awe and mist...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2021]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface and Acknowledgment
- INTRODUCTION Killer Booh: Writerd, Writing, and Ethicd in Spanidh America
- PART I Abuses
- CHAPTER 1 Writing and Child Abode in Manuel Gutierrez Najera's "La bija del aire"
- CHAPTER 2 Silvina's Fall: Manuel Zeno Gandia's Epicurean Ethics of Writing in La charca
- CHAPTER 3 Ifigenia's Choice: Teresa de la Parra's Demonic Option
- PART II Admonitions
- CHAPTER 4 From Fiction to Fiction: Ethical Chain Reactions in Jorge Luis Borges's "The Garden of Forking Paths"
- CHAPTER 5 Ethics and Theatricality in Alejo Carpentier's The Harp and the Shadow
- CHAPTER 6 Shared Guilt: Writing ad Crime in Julio Cortazar's "Press Clippings"
- Noted
- Bibliography
- Index