Rediscovering the New World : inter-American literature in a comparative context /

The concept of "American" literature is not the exclusive province of any one nation. Thanks to the historical circumstances that governed the European conquest and settlement of the Americas, we can and should approach the writings of English and French Canada, the United States, Spanish...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Fitz, Earl E. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1991.
Édition:1st ed.
Sujets:
Latin American literature > History and criticism.
Comparative literature.
Littérature latino-américaine > Histoire et critique.
Littérature comparée.
comparative literature.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Caribbean & Latin American.
Comparative literature
Latin American literature
Literature
Literatur
Geschichte
Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
America > Literatures > History and criticism.
Amérique > Littératures > Histoire et critique.
America
Amerika
Lateinamerika
Nordamerika
USA
Literatures
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Pre-Columbian Era; 2. The Narratives of Discovery and Conquest; 3. The New World Epic; 4. The Theme of Miscegenation; 5. Refining the New World Novel: Henry James and Machado de Assis; 6. The Five (Six?) Faces of American Modernism; 7. In Quest of an American Identity; 8. Regionalism as a Shaping Force; 9. Solitude: The Evolution of an American Literary Motif; 10. The Conflict between Civilization and Barbarism; Afterword; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.

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