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Magical Realism and the Postcolonial Novel : Between Faith and Irreverence /

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This book rethinks the origins and nature of magical realism and provides detailed readings of key novels by Asturias, Carpentier, García Márquez, Rushdie, and Okri. Identifying two different strands of the mode, one characterized by faith, the other by irreverence, Warnes makes available a new voca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Warnes, Christopher (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
Literature.
Fiction.
Literary Theory.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Literature > Philosophy.
Literature, Modern > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book rethinks the origins and nature of magical realism and provides detailed readings of key novels by Asturias, Carpentier, García Márquez, Rushdie, and Okri. Identifying two different strands of the mode, one characterized by faith, the other by irreverence, Warnes makes available a new vocabulary for the discussion of magical realism.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VII, 189 pages)
ISBN:9780230234437
DOI:10.1057/9780230234437