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Author:

Reagan, Patricia E., 1979- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012021976

Title:

Deconstructing paradise : inverted religious symbolism in twentieth-century Latin American literature / Patricia E. Reagan.

Publisher:

Lexington Books,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

ix, 149 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Latin American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Religion in literature.
Symbolism in literature.
Latin American literature.
Religion in literature.
Symbolism in literature.
1900-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction- The search for meaning: symbols, anti-symbols and the center -- Religions to the margins: spatial reconfigurations in Miguel Ángel Asturias' El señor presidente -- Caminos of no return: multiple pathways to eternity in Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo -- From the center to the limits of existence in José Donoso's El lugar sin límites -- Undermining redemption: inverted God and Christ figures -- Saved with a kiss: figures of betrayal- Judas Iscariot, the priest, and the evangelist -- Conclusion- All hell breaks loose.

ISBN:

1498524710
9781498524711

OCLC:

(OCoLC)946160805

LCCN:

2016015851

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)