The poetics of plants in Spanish American literature /

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"The Poetics of Plants in Spanish American Literature examines the defining role of plants in cultural expression across Latin America, particularly in literature. From the colonial georgic to Pablo Neruda's Canto general, Lesley Wylie's close study of botanical imagery demonstrates t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wylie, Lesley (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2020]
Colección:Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Temas:
Spanish American literature > History and criticism.
Human-plant relationships in literature.
Human ecology in literature.
Plants in literature.
Littérature hispano-américaine > Histoire et critique.
Écologie humaine dans la littérature.
Plantes dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Spanish American literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The poetics of plants in Spanish American literature
  • "Salve, fecunda zona!" : sugar, soy, and the limits of the Spanish American georgic
  • Plants and plantations : floriography, femininity, and the horticulture of hair in Sab and María
  • "Nacido de árboles" : Carpentier's vegetal baroque
  • What is it like to be a tree? Anthropomorphism, phytomorphism, and Spanish American culture
  • "No termino en mí mismo" : "Vegetal-thinking" in Pablo Neruda.

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