Being in common : nation, subject, and community in Latin American literature and culture / Silvia N. Rosman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosman, Silvia Nora, 1959-

Series:

Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carpentier, Alejo, 1904-1980. Pasos perdidos.

Carpentier, Alejo.

Martínez Estrada, Ezequiel, 1895-1964.

Martínez Estrada, Ezequiel.

Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998.

Paz, Octavio.

Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986.

Borges, Jorge Luis.

Spanish American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Spanish American literature.

National characteristics, Latin American, in literature.

Physical Description:

151 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press ; London ; Cranbury, N.J. : Associated University Presses, [2003]

Contents:

The interrupted quest : rethinking nation, subject, and community in Latin American literature and culture

Writing place names : travel and theory in Alejo Carpentier's Los pasos perdidos

Image, history, tradition : Ezequiel Martínez Estrada's alter-nations

On being Mexican, for example : Octavio Paz and the dialectics of universality

Borges : on reading, translation, and the impossibility of naming.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-149) and index.

ISBN:

0838755526

OCLC:

51519915