Hemispheric Imaginations North American Fictions of Latin America / Helmbrecht Breinig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Breinig, Helmbrecht, author.

Series:

Re-Mapping the Transnational: a Dartmouth Series in American Studies

Re-mapping the transnational: a Dartmouth series in American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian fiction--History and criticism.

Canadian fiction.

American fiction--History and criticism.

American fiction.

America--Relations--Latin America.

America.

Latin America--Relations--America.

Latin America.

Latin America--In literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 390 pages).

Place of Publication:

Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

An extensive study of fictional representations of Latin America in North American literature.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Contents

Preface

Part One

1 | Introduction

2 | Alterity and Identity: Reflections on Approaching the Other

Part Two

3 | Foundational Narratives: Some Versions of Columbus

4 | Invasive Methods: The Opening of Latin America in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century US Literature

5 | Representations of the Mexican Revolution in US Literature

Part Three

6 | Nature and Civilization: Nineteenth-Century Travelers and Twentieth-Century Escapists

7 | Gendered Perceptions of Latin America in Twentieth-Century US Literature

Part Four

8 | The Post-Vietnam Era: Versions of Realism

9 | The Postmodern Response: Magical Realism and Metafiction

10 | Splintered Foundations: Postmodern and Native American Versions of Columbus

Part Five

11 | Canada and Latin America: Malcolm Lowry and the Other as Symbolic Field

12 | Post-Vietnam and Twenty-First-Century Canadian Visitors

Postscript

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781611689914

OCLC:

1024272796