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Wonder and exile in the new world / Alex Nava.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nava, Alexander, 1967- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Exile (Punishment) in literature.
- Magic realism (Literature).
- Mysticism and literature.
- Wonder in literature.
- Baroque literature--History and criticism.
- Baroque literature.
- Spanish American literature--History and criticism.
- Spanish American literature.
- Wonder--Religious aspects.
- Wonder.
- America--Early accounts to 1600--History and criticism.
- America.
- America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Explores the language of wonder in the history of the New World. Traces the preoccupation with this concept in the history of the Americas from the colonial era to the twentieth century, with the emergence of so-called magical realism"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Wonder and exile : mystical and prophetic perspectives
- Wanderers and wonderers in the New World : voices of the dispossessed
- The hidden god of the baroque : baroque wonders, baroque tragedies
- Baroque artists in exile : Cervantes and Sor Juana
- Mysticism and the marvelous in Latin American literature.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-251) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780271069845
- 0271069848
- 9780271061139
- 0271061138
- 9780271062525
- 0271062525
- 9780271063287
- 0271063289
- OCLC:
- 852160103
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