Pot Pourri : Whistlings of an Idler Paperback / softback
by Eugenio Cambaceres
Edited by Josefina (Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Professor, Department of Spanish Ludmer
Part of the Library of Latin America series
Paperback / softback
Description
Eugenio Cambaceres was the first to introduce the naturalist manner of Émile Zola to Argentinean literature in the late nineteenth century.
The work of Cambaceres, a precursor to the contemporary Argentinean novel, is crucial for an understanding of the period of consolidation of Argentina, the formation of a national identity, and especially for the role of the intellectual during that transition.
This gereation theoretically and methodically built up a literature with features of its own, stressing the cultural primacy of Buenos Aires par excellence, to enhance the evolution of the cosmopolitan metropolis. A rich dandy narrates Pot Pourri, relating a story of marriage and adultery during the carnival celebrations.
The volume editor, Josefina Ludmer, describes the dandy as an ambiguous protagonist who acts both as a reflection and a critic of the liberal state.
As a new addition to the already-acclaimed Library of Latin America, Pot Pourri should find its rightful place with the ever-growing audience for Latin American literature.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:14/08/2003
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- ISBN:9780195144642
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:14/08/2003
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195144642