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Body of Writing: Figuring Desire in Spanish American Literature, Prieto, René, G
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- ISBN
- 9780822324515
- Book Title
- Body of Writing : Figuring Desire in Spanish American Literature
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism
- Topic
- American / Hispanic American
- Item Weight
- 30.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 312 Pages
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Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN-10
0822324512
ISBN-13
9780822324515
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1799415
Product Key Features
Book Title
Body of Writing : Figuring Desire in Spanish American Literature
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Language
English
Topic
American / Hispanic American
Publication Year
2000
Genre
Literary Criticism
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
30.3 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
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99-049778
Reviews
“ Body of Writing is the most advanced piece of criticism on Latin American literature available. Prieto’s unique mixture of theoretical sophistication with elegance of mind and style makes him soar above today’s cacophonous cackle. I know of no better critic of Latin American literature than him.â€�-Roberto Gonz lez-Echevarr a, author of Myth and Archive: A Theory of Latin American Narrative, " Body of Writing is the most advanced piece of criticism on Latin American literature available. Prieto's unique mixture of theoretical sophistication with elegance of mind and style makes him soar above today's cacophonous cackle. I know of no better critic of Latin American literature than him."--Roberto González-Echevarría, author of Myth and Archive: A Theory of Latin American Narrative, "A most significant contribution to Spanish American literary criticism. Prieto is a gifted scholar with an unusual talent for reading texts."--William Luis, author of Dance Between Two Cultures: Latino Caribbean Literature Written in the United States, "Original, witty and passionate, Body of Writing is sure to interest Hispanists and non-Hispanists alike. I can think of few Latin Americanists capable of producing readings as energetic and elegant as Prieto's."-Gustavo Pérez Firmat, author of Next Year in Cuba and Life on the Hyphen, “A most significant contribution to Spanish American literary criticism. Prieto is a gifted scholar with an unusual talent for reading texts.â€�-William Luis, author of Dance Between Two Cultures: Latino Caribbean Literature Written in the United States, " Body of Writing is the most advanced piece of criticism on Latin American literature available. Prieto's unique mixture of theoretical sophistication with elegance of mind and style makes him soar above today's cacophonous cackle. I know of no better critic of Latin American literature than him."--Roberto Gonzlez-Echevarra, author of Myth and Archive: A Theory of Latin American Narrative, “Original, witty and passionate, Body of Writing is sure to interest Hispanists and non-Hispanists alike. I can think of few Latin Americanists capable of producing readings as energetic and elegant as Prieto's.â€�-Gustavo P rez Firmat, author of Next Year in Cuba and Life on the Hyphen, "Original, witty and passionate, Body of Writing is sure to interest Hispanists and non-Hispanists alike. I can think of few Latin Americanists capable of producing readings as energetic and elegant as Prieto's."--Gustavo Perez Firmat, author of Next Year in Cuba and Life on the Hyphen "A most significant contribution to Spanish American literary criticism. Prieto is a gifted scholar with an unusual talent for reading texts."--William Luis, author of Dance Between Two Cultures: Latino Caribbean Literature Written in the United States "Body of Writing is the most advanced piece of criticism on Latin American literature available. Prieto's unique mixture of theoretical sophistication with elegance of mind and style makes him soar above today's cacophonous cackle. I know of no better critic of Latin American literature than him."--Roberto Gonzalez-Echevarria, author of Myth and Archive: A Theory of Latin American Narrative, " Body of Writing is the most advanced piece of criticism on Latin American literature available. Prieto's unique mixture of theoretical sophistication with elegance of mind and style makes him soar above today's cacophonous cackle. I know of no better critic of Latin American literature than him."-Roberto González-Echevarría, author of Myth and Archive: A Theory of Latin American Narrative, "Original, witty and passionate, Body of Writing is sure to interest Hispanists and non-Hispanists alike. I can think of few Latin Americanists capable of producing readings as energetic and elegant as Prieto's."--Gustavo Prez Firmat, author of Next Year in Cuba and Life on the Hyphen, "A most significant contribution to Spanish American literary criticism. Prieto is a gifted scholar with an unusual talent for reading texts."-William Luis, author of Dance Between Two Cultures: Latino Caribbean Literature Written in the United States, "Original, witty and passionate, Body of Writing is sure to interest Hispanists and non-Hispanists alike. I can think of few Latin Americanists capable of producing readings as energetic and elegant as Prieto's."--Gustavo Pérez Firmat, author of Next Year in Cuba and Life on the Hyphen
Dewey Decimal
863
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 Julio Cortazar's perpetual exile 17 2 More than meets the I: Guillermo Cabrera Infante's La Habana para un Infante difunto 75 3 The excremental vision of GGabriel Garcia Marquez 101 4 The Degraded body in the work of Severo Sarduy 135 5 Rewriting the body: renewal through language in the work of Rosario Castellanos 173 6 The body of pleasure in Tununa Mercado's Canon de alcoba 2123 Conclusion 240 Notes 255 Bibliography 275 Index 285
Synopsis
Body of Writing focuses on the traces that an author's "body" leaves on a work of fiction. Drawing on the work of six important Spanish American writers of the twentieth century, René Prieto examines narratives that reflect--in differing yet ultimately complementary ways--the imprint of the author's body, thereby disclosing insights about power, aggression, transgression, and eroticism. Healthy, invalid, lustful, and confined bodies--as portrayed by Julio Cortázar, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Gabriel García Márquez, Severo Sarduy, Rosario Castellanos, and Tununa Mercado--become evidence for Roland Barthes's contention that works of fiction are "anagrams of the body." Claiming that an author's intentions can be uncovered by analyzing "the topography of a text," Prieto pays particular attention not to the actions or plots of these writers' fiction but rather to their settings and characterizations. In the belief that bodily traces left on the page reveal the motivating force behind a writer's creative act, he explores such fictional themes as camouflage, deterioration, defilement, entrapment, and subordination. Along the way, Prieto reaches unexpected conclusions regarding topics that include the relationship of the female body to power, male and female transgressive impulses, and the connection between aggression, the idealization of women, and anal eroticism in men. This study of how authors' longings and fears become embodied in literature will interest students and scholars of literary and psychoanalytic criticism, gender studies, and twentieth-century and Latin American literature., Body of Writing focuses on the traces that an author's "body" leaves on a work of fiction. Drawing on the work of six important Spanish American writers of the twentieth century, Ren Prieto examines narratives that reflect--in differing yet ultimately complementary ways--the imprint of the author's body, thereby disclosing insights about power, aggression, transgression, and eroticism. Healthy, invalid, lustful, and confined bodies--as portrayed by Julio Cort zar, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Gabriel Garc a M rquez, Severo Sarduy, Rosario Castellanos, and Tununa Mercado--become evidence for Roland Barthes's contention that works of fiction are "anagrams of the body." Claiming that an author's intentions can be uncovered by analyzing "the topography of a text," Prieto pays particular attention not to the actions or plots of these writers' fiction but rather to their settings and characterizations. In the belief that bodily traces left on the page reveal the motivating force behind a writer's creative act, he explores such fictional themes as camouflage, deterioration, defilement, entrapment, and subordination. Along the way, Prieto reaches unexpected conclusions regarding topics that include the relationship of the female body to power, male and female transgressive impulses, and the connection between aggression, the idealization of women, and anal eroticism in men. This study of how authors' longings and fears become embodied in literature will interest students and scholars of literary and psychoanalytic criticism, gender studies, and twentieth-century and Latin American literature., A psychoanalytic exploration through a series of reading of Latin American fiction of Roland Barthes' contention that literary texts have human form and are always an anagram of our erotic body.
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PQ7082.N7P75 2000
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