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Latin American writers and the rise of Hollywood cinema /
This book analyzes the initial engagement with Hollywood by key Latin American writers and intellectuals during the first few decades of the 20th century. The film metropolis presented an ambiguous, multivalent sign for established figures like Horacio Quiroga, Alejo Carpentier and Mário de Andrade...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2008.
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| Colección: | Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book analyzes the initial engagement with Hollywood by key Latin American writers and intellectuals during the first few decades of the 20th century. The film metropolis presented an ambiguous, multivalent sign for established figures like Horacio Quiroga, Alejo Carpentier and Mário de Andrade, as well as less renowned writers like the Mexican Carlos Noriega Hope, the Chilean Vera Zouroff and the Cuban Guillermo Villarronda. Hollywood's arrival on the scene placed such writers in a bind, as many felt compelled to emulate the ""artistry"" of a medium dominated by a nation posing a symbo. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (211 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-204) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203894415 0203894413 1135891680 9781135891688 1281394602 9781281394606 9786611394608 6611394605 |