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Madness and Irrationality in Spanish and Latin American Literature and Culture (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,219
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Madness and Irrationality in Spanish and Latin American Literature and Culture (Paperback): Lloyd Davies

Madness and Irrationality in Spanish and Latin American Literature and Culture (Paperback)

Lloyd Davies

Series: Iberian & Latin American Studies

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This is the first monograph to consider the significance of madness and irrationality in both Spanish and Spanish American literature. It considers various definitions of madness and explores the often contrasting responses, both positive (figural madness as stimulus for literary creativity) and negative (clinical madness representing spiritual confinement and sterility). The concept of national madness is explored with particular reference to Argentina, where the country's vast expanses have been seen as conducive to madness, while the urban population of Buenos Aires is especially dependent on psychoanalytic therapy. The discussion considers both the work of lesser-known writers such as Nuria Amat, whose personal life is inflected by madness, and that of larger literary figures such as Jose Lezama Lima, whose poetic concepts are suffused with the irrational. The conclusion draws attention to the other side of reason as a source of possible originality in a world dominated by the tenets of logic and conventionalised thinking.

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Imprint: University Of Wales Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Iberian & Latin American Studies
Release date: June 2020
First published: 2020
Authors: Lloyd Davies
Dimensions: 216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-1-78683-575-8
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory
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LSN: 1-78683-575-4
Barcode: 9781786835758

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