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ISBN/EAN: 9783319627151

ISBN - alternative Schreibweisen:
3-319-62715-5, 978-3-319-62715-1
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Autor des Buches: hector, jorge volpi
Titel des Buches: mex, hector, history the book, mexican

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Autor/in: Héctor Jaimes
Titel: Literatures of the Americas; The Mexican Crack Writers - History and Criticism
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer International Publishing
210 Seiten
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017-10-11
Cham; CH
Gedruckt / Hergestellt in Niederlande.
Sprache: Englisch
106,99 € (DE)
109,99 € (AT)
118,00 CHF (CH)
POD
XI, 210 p.

BB; Hardcover, Softcover / Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft/Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Literaturwissenschaft: postkoloniale Literatur; Verstehen; Latin American 'Boom'; Zapatista; Free Trade Agreement; Socialism; Decolonization; Latin American/Caribbean Literature; Contemporary Literature; Literaturwissenschaft: 1900 bis 2000; Amerika; EA; BC

This book provides a rich and cutting-edge analysis of one of the most prominent literary groups in Latin America: the Mexican Crack Writers. The first part explores the history of the group and its relation to the Latin American literary tradition, while the second part is devoted to the critical analysis of the works of each of the authors: Ricardo Chávez Castañeda, Ignacio Padilla, Pedro Ángel Palou, Eloy Urroz and Jorge Volpi. The volume is further enriched by the inclusion, in the appendix, of the two manifestos of the group: the Crack Manifesto and the Crack Postmanifesto (1996-2016). It will be of great interest to students and scholars focusing on contemporary Latin American literature.

1. Introduction. The Mexican Crack Writers: Towards a New Literary Aesthetics; Jaimes.- 2. The Crack Movement’s Literary Cartography (1996-2016); Alvarado Ruiz.- 3. The Crack: Generational Strategies in Mexico; Regalado.- 4. Narrative Techniques in Jorge Volpi’s fictions; Calderón.- 5. Science, Art, and Magic: Totalization and Totalitarianism in Jorge Volpi’s In Search of Klingsor; González.- 6. Soldiers and Shadows: The Post-National Militant in Ignacio Padilla’s Amphitryon and El daño no es de ayer; Stachura.- 7. Living in Las Rémoras. An introduction to Eloy Urroz’s Fiction; Regalado.- 8. Towards a Philosophy of Love: Pedro Ángel Palou’s Qliphoth and La profundidad de la piel; Jaimes.- 9. El dinero del diablo by Pedro Angel Palou: A New Moral Dialogue; Houvenaghel.- 10. Ricardo Chávez Castañeda: The Limits of Fiction; Sánchez Prado.- 11. Crack Manifesto.- 12. Crack Postmanifesto (1996-2016).- Notes on Contributors.

This book provides a rich and cutting-edge analysis of one of the most prominent literary groups in Latin America: the Mexican Crack Writers. The first part explores the history of the group and its relation to the Latin American literary tradition, while the second part is devoted to the critical analysis of the works of each of the authors: Ricardo Chávez Castañeda, Ignacio Padilla, Pedro Ángel Palou, Eloy Urroz and Jorge Volpi. The volume is further enriched by the inclusion, in the appendix, of the two manifestos of the group: the Crack Manifesto and the Crack Postmanifesto (1996-2016). It will be of great interest to students and scholars focusing on contemporary Latin American literature.

Represents the first scholarly book on the Mexican ‘Crack’ writers

Draws analogies between this group of Mexican writers and Latin American literature more broadly

Brings together a range of esteemed scholars from Mexico, the US and Europe

“A long overdue single-volume analysis of the Mexican “Crack” phenomenon, the essays included aptly contextualize the poetics and themes of the Crack writers, as well as offering both the group’s manifesto and “post manifesto”. A required reading for all those interested in the avatars of recent Mexican fiction.” (Pablo Brescia, Professor of Latin American Literature, University of South Florida,USA)

“Twenty years after the defying “We are the crack” pronouncement (1996-2016), and following the unexpected tragic loss of Ignacio Padilla, the book recovers the origins and innovative proposals of a generation and celebrates their coming of age.” (Professor Sara Poot-Herrera, University of California Santa Barbara, USA)