In(ter)ventions of the self : writing and the autobiographical subject in Hispanic American literature (1974-2002) /

In(ter)ventions of the Self incorporates close readings of the analyzed autobiographical texts of five canonical writers (three of whom are Nobel Prize winners) who have been previously unexplored. This book's novelty and innovation lies in its examination of a corpus that has never before been...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Franco, Sergio R., 1965- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translated from the Spanish.
Published:	Amherst, New York : Cambria Press, [2021]
Series:	Cambria studies in Latin American literatures and cultures series.
Subjects:	Spanish American prose literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Authors, Spanish American > Biography > History and criticism. Spanish Americans (Latin America) > Biography > History and criticism. Autobiography > Authorship. Biography as a literary form.

Table of Contents:

History and nature in Confieso que he vivido, by Pablo Neruda
Ruin, repetition, and synechdoce in Las genealogías of Margo Glantz
Infancy re-covered : punishment and the mercantilism of the skin in Mario Vargas Llosa's El pez en el agua
Mystic and machine in the "Autoretratos" of Severo Sarduy
Carnival and document in Vivir para contarla, by Gabriel García Márquez.