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Author:

Nava, Alexander, 1967-

Title:

Wonder and exile in the New World / Alex Nava.

Publisher:

Pennsylvania State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xii, 260 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Spanish American literature--History and criticism.
Baroque literature--History and criticism.
Wonder in literature.
Wonder--Religious aspects.
Magic realism (Literature)
Exile (Punishment) in literature.
Mysticism and literature.
America--Early works to 1800--History and criticism.
America--Spanish.--Spanish.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-251) and index.

Contents:

Wonder and exile : mystical and prophetic perspectives -- Wanderers and wonderers in the New World : voices of the dispossessed -- The hidden god of the baroque : baroque wonders, baroque tragedies -- Baroque artists in exile : Cervantes and Sor Juana -- Mysticism and the marvelous in Latin American literature.

Summary:

"Explores the language of wonder in the history of the New World. Traces the preoccupation with this concept in the history of the Americas from the colonial era to the twentieth century, with the emergence of so-called magical realism"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0271059931 (hbk.)
9780271059938 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)828056002

LCCN:

2013003232

Locations:

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