Surrealism in Latin American literature : searching for Breton's ghost / Melanie Nicholson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicholson, Melanie, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breton, André, 1896-1966.

Literature, Experimental--Latin America.

Literature, Experimental.

Surrealism (Literature)--Latin America.

Surrealism (Literature).

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

Spanish American literature.

Breton, André, 1896-1966--Influence.

Breton, André.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Latin America.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics).

Latin America.

Physical Description:

xii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

Surrealism in Latin American Literature: Searching for Breton's Ghost is the first comprehensive study of Spanish-language surrealism in the Americas. Charting surrealism in Latin American literature from its initial appearance in Argentina in 1928 to the surrealist-inspired work of several writers in the 1970s, Melanie Nicholson argues that the literary movement exercised a significant and positive influence over twentieth-century Latin American literature, particularly poetry. Within the framework of literary and cultural history, this incisive book offers close readings of surrealist texts-many of which appear here for the first time in English translation-and traces the heterodox ways in which Latin American writers, far from merely mimicking French surrealist principles or techniques, fashioned an aesthetic that reflected their distinct individual and cultural realities. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Contexts and Contours

1 Surrealism Is Dead, ¡Viva el Surrealismo! 15

2 The Latin American Connection 31

Part II The Emergence of Surrealism in Latin American Literature, 1928-1950

3 Argentina's Pioneer Surrealists 47

4 Neruda and Anti-Neruda: Chile's Mandrágora Poets 59

5 Peru: The Surrealist Space between Mariátegui and Vallejo 77

6 The Two Faces of Early Surrealism in Mexico 103

Part III A Surrealism of One's Own, 1950-1980

7 The Argentine Surrealist Journals 135

8 "Another Ship Must Be Launched": Surrealism in Argentine Poetry, 1950-1970 151

9 Chile: The Avatars and. the Antagonists of La Mandrágora 175

10 Octavio Paz: Surrealism's Favorite Son 203.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137287793

1137287799

OCLC:

801926686