Postmodernism of Resistance in Roberto Bolaño's Fiction and Poetry
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 475
ISBN-13: 9780826361875
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Description: Postmodernism of Resistance in Roberto Bolaño's Fiction and Poetry examines the ways in which Bolaño employs a type of literary aesthetics that subverts traits traditionally associated with postmodernism.
Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: Half title; title: Title; title: Copyright; title: Table of Contents; title: Acknowledgments; title: A note on the text; title: Chapter 1. Introduction and Theorectical Background; title: Chapter 2. An Engaged Postmodern Poet's Three-pronged Line of Defense; title: Chapter 3. The Detective Genre: A Hero with Multiple Faces; title: Chapter 4. History, Nomadic Gatherings, and Territory in Bolaño's Short Stories; title: Chapter 5. The Republic of Letters' Trials and Tribulations; title: Chapter 6. Literature and Disenchantment; title: Chapter 7. 2666: Historical Hauntings and Capitalism's Dark Side; title: Conclusion; title: Notes; title: Books by Roberto Bolaño (1953-2003); title: Works Cited; title: Index