The spirit of carnival : magical realism and the grotesque / David K. Danow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Danow, David K. (David Keevin), 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carnival in literature.

Magic in literature.

Grotesque in literature.

Fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The world of literature responds to the ""spirit of carnival"" in ways that are both social and cultural, mythological and archetypal. Literature provides a mirror in which carnival is reflected and refracted through the multifarious perspectives of verbal art. In his original, wide-ranging book, David K. Danow catches the various reflections in that mirror, from the bright, life-affirming magical side of carnival, as revealed in the literature of Latin American writers, to its dark, grotesque, death-embracing aspect as illustrated in numerous novels depicting the dire experience of the Second

Contents:

COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; 1 LITERARY MANIFESTATIONS; 2 THE CARNIVALESQUE-GROTESQUE; 3 MAGICAL REALISM; 4 GROTESQUE REALISM; 5 ARCHETYPAL ASPECTS; NOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-9107-6

0-8131-4894-4

OCLC:

623144589