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04044aam a2200589 i 4500 001 DCB54030EE0211ECABFB385646ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220617010046 008 191101s2020 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019047827 020 $a 1501350633 020 $a 9781501350634 035 $a (OCoLC)1101508475 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d YDX $d BNG $d TWS $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a cl----- 050 00 $a PQ7082.N7 $b F57 2020 082 00 $a 860.9/3588 $2 23 100 1 $a Fonseca, Carlos, $d 1987- $e author. 245 14 $a The literature of catastrophe : $b nature, disaster and revolution in Latin America / $c Carlos Fonseca. 264 1 $a New York : $b Bloomsbury Academic, $c 2020. 300 $a vi, 200 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a Through a study of philosophical, literary and artistic representations of three catastrophic figures - earthquakes, volcanoes and epidemics - this book provides a critical model through which to refute these state-sponsored "happy narratives," proposing instead that the emergence of the modern state in Latin America was indeed a violent event whose aftershocks are still felt today.Engaging a variety of sources and protagonists, from Simón BolÃvar's manifestoes to Cesar Aira's use of landscape in his novels, from the revolutionary role mosquitoes had within the Haitian Revolution to the role AIDS played in the writing of Reinaldo Arenas' posthumous novel, Carlos Fonseca offers an original retelling of this foundational moment, recounting how history has become a site where the modern division between nature and culture collapses -- Publisher description. 500 $a "Through a study of literary representations of catastrophic figures, this book examines how nature and history intertwined during the violent aftermath of the Spanish American Wars of Independence"-- Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Radical Landscapes -- 2. Earthquakes: The Shaky Grounds of Latin American History -- Aftershock: Cesar Aira's Rugendas: Photographing the Earthquake -- 3. Volcanoes: Emergencies of an Archaeological Modernity -- Aftershock: Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano: On Clouds, Telegraphs and Volcanoes -- 4. Epidemics: Virality, Immunity and the Outbreak of Modern Sovereignty -- Aftershock: Reinaldo Arenas' El color del verano: AIDS and the End(s) of the Immunological State -- 5. Conclusion: One Final Gust: Macondo and the Aftermaths of Modernity. 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 650 0 $a Latin American fiction $y 19th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Catastrophical, The, in literature. 650 0 $a Natural disasters in literature. 650 0 $a Epidemics in literature. 650 0 $a Diseases in literature. 650 0 $a War in literature. 650 0 $a Political violence in literature. 650 0 $a Literature and society $z Latin America $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Modernism (Literature) $z Latin America. 650 0 $a Environmental disasters in literature. 650 7 $a Catastrophical, The, in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01902709 650 7 $a Diseases in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00895210 650 7 $a Epidemics in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01903142 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 Modernism (Literature) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01024455 650 7 $a Natural disasters in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01940114 650 7 $a Political violence in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069913 650 7 $a War in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01170505 651 7 $a Latin America. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01245945 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117022622.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DCB54030EE0211ECABFB385646ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search