The representation of the political in selected writings of Julio Cortázar
By: Carolina Orloff
Series: Colección Támesis. Serie A, Monografías -- 325; Colección Támesis -- 325.
Publisher: Tamesis
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK; Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781855662629
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Politics in literature; Political and social views
Description: This title shows that Cortázar did not become a political writer as a result of the Cuban Revolution, as is often claimed, but rather that the representation of the political already existed in Cortázar's very first writings.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-216) and index.
Table of contents: title: The anti-Peronist years; title: Action versus inaction; title: Literature in the revolution; title: Converging 'Lenin with Rimbaud'; title: Conclusion