A Companion to Magical Realism (Paperback)

A refreshing new interdisciplinary slant on magical realism as an international literary phenomenon emerging from the trauma of colonial dispossession. Companion to Magical Realism provides an assessment of the world-wide impact of a movement which was incubated in Germany, flourished in Latin America and then spread to the rest of the world. It provides a set of up-to-date assessments of the work of writers traditionally associated with magical realism such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez [in particular his recently published memoirs], Alejo Carpentier, Miguel ngel Asturias, Juan Rulfo, Isabel Allende,Laura Esquivel and Salman Rushdie, as well as bringing into the fold new authors such as W.B. Yeats, Seamus Heaney, Jose Saramago, Dorit Rabinyan, Ovid, Maria Luisa Bombal, Ibrahim al-Kawni, Mayra Montero, Nakagami Kenji, Jose Eustasio Rivera and Elias Khoury, discussed for the first time in the context of magical realism. Written in a jargon-free style, and with all quotations translated into English, this book offers a refreshing new interdisciplinary slant on magical realism as an international literary phenomenon emerging from the trauma of colonial dispossession. The companion also has a Guide to Further Reading. Stephen Hart is Professor of Hispanic Studies, University College London and Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru. Wen-chin Ouyang lectures in Arabic Literature and Comparative Literature at the School of Oriental and African Studies,London.

General

Imprint:	Tamesis Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Monografias A
Release date:	March 2010
First published:	2005
Editors:	Stephen M. Hart • Wen-chin Ouyang
Contributors:	Alejandra Rengifo (Contributor) • David Henn • Donald L. Shaw • Efrain Kristal • Evelyn Fishburn • Helene Price • Humberto Nunez-Faraco • J F Friedenthal
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-1-85566-213-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
LSN:	1-85566-213-2
Barcode:	9781855662131

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