| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 299 pages .) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-290) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Magical realism: a problem of definition -- Precursors: the neo-fantastic and the recasting of history -- Magical realism in Latin America -- Midnight's children and the postcolonial potential of magical realism -- Three aspects of today's magical realism -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
This is the first book to carefully show the ways that magical realism emerged in the twentieth century in places other than Latin America. For example, the definition is given that works must contain elements of the neo-fantastic along with re-casting history. Gabriel García Márquez being the acknowledged representative author of the genre contains both in his novels. Authors like Gunter Grass, Franz Kafka, Jorge-Luis Borges, and Alejo Carpenter all contain some but not all elements of the genre. They can be considered early progenitors but not fully within the same classification as magical. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Magic realism (Literature)
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Magic realism (Literature) |
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Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Hart, Stephen M.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reeds, Kenneth S. What is magical realism?. Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, ©2013 9780773429253 0773429255 (DLC) 2012018421 |
| ISBN |
0773417710 (electronic book) |
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9780773417717 (electronic book) |
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9780773429253 (hardback) |
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0773429255 (hardback) |
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