Mourning El Dorado : literature and extractivism in the contemporary American tropics /

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"Considers how the novels of five contemporary writers from the American tropics--Alejo Carpentier, Wilson Harris, Mario Vargas Llosa, Alvaro Mutis, and Milton Hatoum--engage with the legend of El Dorado in light of modern practices for extracting mineral deposits and other natural resources in...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Rogers, Charlotte, 1979- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
Collection:New World studies.
Sujets:
1900-1999
Latin American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
El Dorado in literature.
Mineral industries > Latin America.
Literature and society > Latin America > History.
Natural resources > Latin America.
Roman latino-américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Eldorado dans la littérature.
Mines > Industrie > Amérique latine.
Littérature et société > Amérique latine > Histoire.
Ressources naturelles > Amérique latine.
1900 - 1999.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
Latin American fiction.
Literature and society.
Mineral industries.
Natural resources.
Latin America.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: the promise of El Dorado
  • A brief literary history of El Dorado
  • Alejo Carpentier's Lost steps to El Dorado
  • "City of God, city of gold": Wilson Harris's mystical ecology as a response to human and environmental exploitation in The secret ladder
  • Trauma in the tropics: Mario Vargas Llosa's La casa verde
  • The golden halo: adventure and extractivism in Alvaro Mutis's La nieve del Almirante
  • Creative mourning and critical nostalgia in Milton Hatoum's Orfaos do Eldorado
  • Conclusion: beyond the promise of El Dorado?

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