Ciphers of history
Subtitle: Latin American readings for a cultural age
By: Enrico Mario Santí.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: New concepts in Latino American cultures
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9781403970466
Subjects: Spanish American literature -- History and criticism; Literature and society -- Latin America
Other titles: Latin American readings for a cultural age
Description: "Ciphers of History is a collection of seven classic essays by the eminent Latin Americanist Enrico Mario Santi, compiled here in a single volume for the first time. Santi covers a broad range of topics in Latin American poetry, narrative, film, and intellectual history, with one brief excursion into Peninsular subject-matter: the Spanish Generation of 98's response to Spain's loss of Cuba in the Spanish-American War of 1898."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-266) and index.