The ironic apocalypse in the novels of Leopoldo Marechal / Norman Cheadle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cheadle, Norman, 1953- author.

Series:

Coleccion Tamesis. Monografias ; Serie A, 183.

Coleccion Tamesis. Serie A, Monografias ; 183

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Marechal, Leopoldo, 1900-1970--Criticism and interpretation.

Marechal, Leopoldo.

Politics in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 170 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer, 2000.

Language Note:

Spanish

Summary:

Leopoldo Marechal has become a chosen precursor of many contemporary Argentine writers, cineastes, and intellectuals, and so his novels - universally recognized but rarely studied - demand treatment from a contemporary critical sensibility. This study departs from the line of criticism that reads Marechal as a Christian apologist, arguing instead that Marechal's 'metaphysical' novels are really metafictional, ludic exercises informed by ironic scepticism. 'Adán Buenosayres' (1948) inverts the Christian-Platonist narrative of redemption through the Logos; in 'El Banquete de Severo Arcángelo' (1965) Marechal, tongue firmly in cheek, leads his readers on a metaphysical wild-goose chase; and in 'Megafón, o la guerra' (1970) he finally lays apocalypticism to rest. The close readings of his novels presented in this book help to lay the theoretical groundwork underpinning Marechal's reinscription in contemporary Argentine culture.

Contents:

Adán Buenosayres: parodic revelation

Metahistory and the cycle of language

Light against darkness: poetry versus science

Schultze and "el viaje a la oscura ciudad de Cacodelphia"

Textual apocalypse: El banquete de Severo Arcángelo

Coda and conclusion: Samuel Tesler's last word in Megafón, o la guerra.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-165) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-54586-0

9786610545865

1-84615-008-6

OCLC:

52238498