| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 340 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
New World studies
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New World studies.
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| Summary |
"Considers how the novels of five contemporary writers from the American tropics--Alejo Carpentier, Wilson Harris, Mario Vargas Llosa, Alvaro Mutis, and Milton Hatoum--engage with the legend of El Dorado in light of modern practices for extracting mineral deposits and other natural resources in Latin America"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the promise of El Dorado -- A brief literary history of El Dorado -- Alejo Carpentier's Lost steps to El Dorado -- "City of God, city of gold": Wilson Harris's mystical ecology as a response to human and environmental exploitation in The secret ladder -- Trauma in the tropics: Mario Vargas Llosa's La casa verde -- The golden halo: adventure and extractivism in Alvaro Mutis's La nieve del Almirante -- Creative mourning and critical nostalgia in Milton Hatoum's Orfaos do Eldorado -- Conclusion: beyond the promise of El Dorado? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Latin American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Latin American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
El Dorado in literature.
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El Dorado in literature. |
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Mineral industries -- Latin America.
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Mineral industries. |
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Latin America. |
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Literature and society -- Latin America -- History.
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Literature and society. |
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History. |
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Natural resources -- Latin America.
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Natural resources. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rogers, Charlotte, 1979- author. Mourning El Dorado Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019 9780813942650 (DLC) 2018048230 |
| ISBN |
0813942675 electronic book |
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9780813942674 (electronic book) |
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9780813942650 hardcover alkaline paper |
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