Magical realism and the history of the emotions in Latin America / Jeronimo Arellano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arellano, Jeronimo, 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carpentier, Alejo, 1904-1980--Criticism and interpretation.

Carpentier, Alejo.

García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014. Cien años de soledad.

García Márquez, Gabriel.

Aira, César, 1949- Mago.

Aira, César.

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

Spanish American fiction.

Wonder--History.

Wonder.

Emotions--History.

Emotions.

Magic realism (Literature).

Marvelous, The, in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : Copublished by The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Magical Realism and the History of the Emotions in Latin America rethinks the rise and fall of magical realism in Latin America in light of the cultural history of the emotions and in conversation with contemporary theories of affect. It explores how twentieth-century magical realist narrative reimagines public and collective forms of feeling, in particular the colonial history of wonder in the wake of the voyages to the New World" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: worldly wonder

Wonder in the colonial heart. The intermittence of the marvelous; Columbus's first journal and the materiality of the emotions; Colonial chronicles as archives of feelings

The afterlives of feelings. Alejo Carpentier's lo real maravilloso americano and the colonial history of wonder; The afterlives of feelings: wonder as palimpsest in Gabriel García Márquez's Cien años de soledad; In the graveyards of magical realism: the dissafection of the marvelous and César Aira's El mago.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61148-670-X