The Spirit of Carnival : Magical Realism and the Grotesque /

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The world of literature responds to the ""spirit of carnival"" in ways that are both social and cultural, mythological and archetypal. Literature provides a mirror in which carnival is reflected and refracted through the multifarious perspectives of verbal art. In his original, w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Danow, David K. (David Keevin), 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Magic in literature.
Grotesque in literature.
Fiction.
Carnival in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Grotesque dans la litterature.
Magie dans la litterature.
Carnavals dans la litterature.
Fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Literary manifestations
  • The carnivalesque-grotesque
  • Magical realism
  • Grotesque realism
  • Archetypal aspects.

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