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03005aam a2200541 i 4500 001 C1D0E8F6B81211E9A4E5754297128E48 003 SILO 005 20190806010914 008 181030t20192019vau b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2018048230 020 $a 0813942667 020 $a 9780813942667 020 $a 0813942659 020 $a 9780813942650 035 $a (OCoLC)1057294380 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a cl----- 050 00 $a PN849.L29 $b R64 2019 082 00 $a 860.9/98 $2 23 100 1 $a Rogers, Charlotte, $d 1979- $e author. 245 10 $a Mourning El Dorado : $b literature and extractivism in the contemporary American tropics / $c Charlotte Rogers. 264 1 $a Charlottesville : $b University of Virginia Press, $c 2019. 300 $a xiv, 340 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a New World studies 520 $a "Considers how the novels of five contemporary writers from the American tropics--Alejo Carpentier, Wilson Harris, Mario Vargas Llosa, Alvaro Mutis, and Milton Hatoum--engage with the legend of El Dorado in light of modern practices for extracting mineral deposits and other natural resources in Latin America"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: the promise of El Dorado -- A brief literary history of El Dorado -- Alejo Carpentier's Lost steps to El Dorado -- "City of God, city of gold": Wilson Harris's mystical ecology as a response to human and environmental exploitation in The secret ladder -- Trauma in the tropics: Mario Vargas Llosa's La casa verde -- The golden halo: adventure and extractivism in Alvaro Mutis's La nieve del Almirante -- Creative mourning and critical nostalgia in Milton Hatoum's Orfaos do Eldorado -- Conclusion: beyond the promise of El Dorado? 650 0 $a Latin American fiction $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a El Dorado in literature. 650 0 $a Mineral industries $z Latin America. 650 0 $a Literature and society $z Latin America $x History. 650 0 $a Natural resources $z Latin America. 650 7 $a Latin American fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00993026 650 7 $a Literature and society. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01000096 650 7 $a Mineral industries. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01022218 650 7 $a Natural resources. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01034403 651 7 $a Latin America. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01245945 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Rogers, Charlotte, 1979- author. $t Mourning El Dorado $d Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019 $z 9780813942674 $w (DLC) 2019009896 830 0 $a New World studies 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317021825.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190806080745.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C1D0E8F6B81211E9A4E5754297128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search