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Author:

Fonseca, Carlos, 1987- author.

Title:

The literature of catastrophe : nature, disaster and revolution in Latin America / Carlos Fonseca.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Academic,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

vi, 200 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

1800-1899
Latin American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Catastrophical, The, in literature.
Natural disasters in literature.
Epidemics in literature.
Diseases in literature.
War in literature.
Political violence in literature.
Literature and society--Latin America--History--19th century.
Modernism (Literature)--Latin America.
Environmental disasters in literature.
Catastrophical, The, in literature.
Diseases in literature.
Epidemics in literature.
Latin American fiction.
Literature and society.
Modernism (Literature)
Natural disasters in literature.
Political violence in literature.
War in literature.
Latin America.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

"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. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

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 Bolívar'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.

ISBN:

1501350633
9781501350634

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1101508475

LCCN:

2019047827

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)