The Polyphonic Machine : Capitalism, Political Violence, and Resistance in Contemporary Argentine Literature /

Focusing on the work of the Argentine authors Cesar Aira, Marcelo Cohen, and Ricardo Piglia, The Polyphonic Machine conducts a close analysis of the interrelations between capitalism and political violence in late twentieth-century Argentina. Taking a long historical view, the book considers the mos...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Geraghty, Niall H. D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Series:Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Piglia, Ricardo > Criticism and interpretation.
Cohen, Marcel, > 1937- > Criticism and interpretation.
Aira, Cesar, > 1949- > Criticism and interpretation.
Violence in literature.
Argentine literature > Political aspects.
Argentine fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : capitalism, political violence, and resistance in contemporary Argentine Literature
  • Cesar Aira : 29 de Mayo de 1969, La fecha de los sucesos que cuenta
  • Ema is by nature a political animal
  • Accessing the real
  • Marcelo Cohen : 27 de Marzo de 1991, La fecha de escritura
  • "Is there any thing whereof it may be said, see, this is new?"
  • The transition to control
  • Ricardo Piglia : 2100, La fecha de publicación
  • The articulation of a problem
  • To become worthy of what happens to us
  • Conclusion : the plane of immanence.

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