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Author:

Conway, Christopher B., 1969-

Title:

The cult of Bolivar in Latin American literature / Christopher B. Conway.

Publisher:

University Press of Florida,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xii, 192 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Bolívar, Simón,--1783-1830--In literature.
Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830, dans la littérature.
Spanish American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Spanish American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Spanish American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Spanish American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Hero worship--Venezuela.
Littérature hispano-américaine--20e siècle--Histoire et critique.
Littérature hispano-américaine--19e siècle--Histoire et critique.
Roman hispano-américain--20e siècle--Histoire et critique.
Roman hispano-américain--19e siècle--Histoire et critique.
Héros--Culte--Venezuela.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-183) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Dominant poses, iconoclastic gestures -- Bolívar and the emergence of a national religion -- Monumentalism and the erotics of national degeneration -- The promise of Bolivarian paternity -- "A whore in the palace" : The poetics of pornodetraction -- Solitude, signs, and power in The General in his labyrinth -- Afterword: Bolivarian self-fashioning into the twenty-first century.

ISBN:

9780813026831 (alk. paper)
0813026830 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52902685

LCCN:

2003061693

Locations:

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

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)