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Author:

Cohn, Deborah N., 1967-

Title:

History and memory in the two souths : recent Southern and Spanish American fiction / Deborah N. Cohn.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Vanderbilt University Press,

Copyright Date:

1999

Description:

x, 236 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

American fiction--Southern States--History and criticism.
Historical fiction, American--Southern States--History and criticism.
Literature and history--Southern States--History--20th century.
Spanish American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Literature and history--Latin America--History--20th century.
Historical fiction, Spanish American--History and criticism.
Literature, Comparative--American and Spanish American.
Literature, Comparative--Spanish American and American.
Autobiographical memory in literature.
Memory in literature.
Southern States--In literature.
Latin America--In literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-230) and index.

Contents:

The U.S. South and Spanish America: neighboring spaces and the search for meaning in difficult pasts -- The case of the fabricated facts: invented information and the problems of reconstructing the past in Absalom, Absalom! and The real life of Alejandro Mayta -- To see or not to see: invisibility, clairvoyance, and re-visions of history in Invisible man and The house of the spirits -- Paradise lost and regained: the old order and memory in the Miranda stories and Pedro Páramo -- Race and place in identity and history -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.

ISBN:

9780826513373 (pbk. : alk paper)
0826513379 (pbk. : alk paper)
9780826513328 (alk. paper)
0826513328 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)40516829

LCCN:

98058119

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)