Ghost-watching American modernity : haunting, landscape, and the hemispheric imagination / María del Pilar Blanco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blanco, María del Pilar.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative literature--American and Latin American.

Comparative literature.

Comparative literature--Latin American and American.

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

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

Spanish American literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Spanish American literature.

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

Ghosts in literature.

Landscapes in literature.

Nationalism in literature.

Haunted places.

Physical Description:

ix, 225 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Haunting, landscape, and the hemispheric imagination

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, [2012]

Summary:

Pilar Blanco (Latin American literature and culture, U. College London) explains that ghost watching, in the context of analyzing literary or cinematic texts, involves watching the landscapes depicted for a different and haunted dimension. Beginning with Ambrose Bierce (1842-ca 1914) and the shifting US frontier, she discusses unsolving hemispheric mystery, desert mournings, urban indiscretions, and transnational shadows. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Unsolving hemispheric mystery

Desert mournings

Urban indiscretions

Transnational shadows.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780823242146

0823242145

OCLC:

758098736