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America unbound : encyclopedic literature and hemispheric studies /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barrenechea, Antonio (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2016]
Subjects:
America > In literature.
American fiction > History and criticism.
Mexican fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
French-Canadian fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The great(er) American paradigm: Moby-Dick and the Summa Americana
  • From terra incognita to terra nostra: Carlos Fuentes's Reinvention of America
  • Jacques Poulin's archival pathways: Volkswagen blues as discovery chronicle
  • Leslie Marmon Silko's Council book: hemispheric forces in Almanac of the dead
  • Greater America in the classroom: comparative literature, theory and praxis.