BookWonder and exile in the New World
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Main title
- Wonder and exile in the New World / Alex Nava.
Published/Created
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2013.
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Description
- xii, 260 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN
- 9780271059938 (cloth : alk. paper)
LC classification
- PQ7081 .N2826 2013
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.
LC Subjects
- Spanish American literature--History and criticism.
- Baroque literature--History and criticism.
- Wonder in literature.
- Wonder--Religious aspects.
- Magic realism (Literature)
- Exile (Punishment) in literature.
- Mysticism and literature.
- America--Early accounts to 1600--History and criticism.
- America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
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Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-251) and index.
LCCN
- 2013003232
Dewey class no.
- 860.9/98
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Type of material
- Book
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- FLM2013 020534
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