Textual Confrontations: Comparative Readings in Latin American Literature by Alfred J. Mac Adam - 1987-03-01

Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0226499901 . Height: 8 Inches, Length: 5.25 Inches, Weight: 0.93475999088 Pounds, Width:; 211 pages .

University Of Chicago Press, 1987. Hardcover. As new, clean, tight & bright condition, with bright and crisp dust jacket. 203pp.

Chicago: U. Of Chicago, 1987, 1987. Hb. VG+/VG. 1st. 203pp. Index, Biblio., Notes. Light wear, DJ: soiling, rubbing.. 1st. Hb. VG+/VG.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0226499901 . First printing. Near fine in a near fine (light vertical crease to front flap) dust jacket. .

Chicago:: University of Chicago Press,. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0226499901 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. .

University Of Chicago Press, 1987. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0226499901

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Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1987. Scarce. 203 pages in fine condition. Burgundy cloth cover with gilt titles on spine in fine condition. Illustrated DJ in very good condition. FINE/VG+. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good +.

New. In this masterful experiment in truly comparative literary criticism, Alfred J. Mac Adam establishes Latin America's place in the Western literary tradition. By juxtaposing Latin American and Anglo-American texts, he shows how Latin American literature has gone beyond the context of Hispanic letters to borrow from, exploit, and finally extend the Western tradition. Mac Adam describes the changes that have taken place in Latin American literature since the time of Modernismo (roughly 1880-1920), when Spanish American writers tried to update their literary language by imitating foreign, mostly French, literature. Since then, as he demonstrates, Latin American writing has achieved a pioneering status by means of a different kind of imitation--parody--whereby it gives back to the former centers of Western culture their own writing, now distorted and reshaped into something new.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1987. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 211 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.75 inches.