A Latin American existentialist ethos : modern Mexican literature and philosophy /

"Examines twentieth-century Mexican literature and philosophy within the broad panorama of Latin American and European existentialisms"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Merrim, Stephanie (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Albany : State University of New York Press, [2023]
Series:	SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture.
Subjects:	Mexican literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Existentialism in literature. Philosophy, Modern, in literature. Mexico > Intellectual life > 20th century. Intellectual life. Mexican literature. Mexico. 1900-1999 Criticism, interpretation, etc. Literary criticism.

Table of Contents:

Engaging existentialism: transformative possibilities and local agendas
The Mexican existentialist ethos
The seminal Mexican existentialism of Rodolfo Usigli's theater
Excavating Comala: the existentialist Juan Rulfo, the Grupo Hiperión, and lo mexicano in Pedro Páramo
"Christs for all passions": José Revuelta's El luto humano [Human mourning]
Rosario Castellanos's freedom.