Postmodernism's role in Latin American literature : the life and work of Augusto Roa Bastos /
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. |
| Description: | viii, 244 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8105999 |
| Summary: | Augusto Roa Bastos (1917-2005), winner of the prestigious Cervantes prize, is one of the most important Latin American writers of the twentieth century. This commemorative collection consists of articles by nine scholars reflecting upon the postmodern nature of the Paraguayan author s literary production and his place in world literature. The volume includes articles on the author s screenplays, his masterpiece, the dictator novel I The Supreme, his short stories, feminist approaches to Roa Bastos s novels, reflections on the writer s Guarani poetry, and a study of the complex, intertextual relationships between his novel El fiscal and his other texts. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 244 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780230617667 0230617662 |
