History and memory in the two souths : recent Southern and Spanish American fiction /
Cohn, Deborah N.,1967-
Nashville, Tenn. : Vanderbilt University Press,
1999.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-230) and index.
Introduction: the U.S. South and Spanish America: neighboring spaces and the search for meaning in difficult pasts -- The case of the fabricated facts: invented information and the problems of reconstructing the past in Absalom, Absalom! and the real life of Alejandro Mayta -- To see or not to see: invisibility, clairvoyance, and re-visions of history in Invisible man and The house of the spirits -- Paradise lost and regained: the old order and memory in the Miranda stories and Pedro Pr̀amo -- Conclusion: race and place in identity and history -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.
American fiction
Historical fiction, American
Literature and history
Spanish American fiction
Literature and history
Historical fiction, Spanish American
Comparative literature
Comparative literature
Autobiographical memory in literature.
Memory in literature.