In Wonder and Exile in the New World, Alex Nava explores the
border regions between wonder and exile, particularly in relation
to the New World. It traces the preoccupation with the concept of
wonder in the history of the Americas, beginning with the first
European encounters, goes on to investigate later representations
in the Baroque age, and ultimately enters the twentieth century
with the emergence of so-called magical realism. In telling the
story of wonder in the New World, Nava gives special attention to
the part it played in the history of violence and exile, either as
a force that supported and reinforced the Conquest or as a voice of
resistance and decolonization.
Focusing on the work of New World explorers, writers, and
poets--and their literary descendants--Nava finds that wonder and
exile have been two of the most significant metaphors within Latin
American cultural, literary, and religious representations.
Beginning with the period of the Conquest, especially with Cabeza
de Vaca and Las Casas, continuing through the Baroque with
Cervantes and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and moving into the
twentieth century with Alejo Carpentier and Miguel angel Asturias,
Nava produces a historical study of Latin American narrative in
which religious and theological perspectives figure
prominently.
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