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Title:

Do the Americas have a common literature? / Gustavo Pérez Firmat, editor.

Publisher:

Duke University Press,

Copyright Date:

1990

Description:

ix, 394 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Literature, Comparative--American and Latin American.
Literature, Comparative--Latin American and American.
America--History and criticism.--History and criticism.

Other Authors:

Pérez Firmat, Gustavo, 1949-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-385) and index.

Contents:

The usable past / Lois Parkinson Zamora -- Form and function in the New World legend / David T. Haberly -- The dialectics of our America / Jose David Saldivar -- The repeating island / Antonio Benitez-Rojo -- Through blues / Jose Piedra -- Plagiarized authenticity / Doris Sommer -- The accidental tourist / Enrico Mario Santi -- American theriomorphia / Eduardo Gonzalez -- Mysteries we reread, mysteries of rereading / John T. Irwin -- Marking space, charting time / Wendy B. Faris -- In-fringe / Rene Prieto-- Mischling and metis / Jonathan Monroe -- The strut of the centipede / Gustavo Perez Firmat.

ISBN:

9780822310723 (pbk.)
0822310724 (pbk.)
9780822310549
0822310546

LCCN:

90033990

Locations:

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

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

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)