Julio Cortázar
By: edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom
Series: Bloom's major short story writers
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9781438116235
Subjects: Short story; Criticism and interpretation
Description: Presents plot summaries, lists of characters, and critical views of Julio Cortázar's most famous short stories.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-97) and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York: Infobase Pub., 2012. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Biography of Julio Cortz̀ar; title: Plot summary of "Axolotl"; title: List of characters in "Axolotl"; title: Critical views on "Axolotl." Maurice J. Bennet on "Axolotl" and Los reyes (The kings); title: Brett Levinson regarding identities; title: Pamela McNab studies sources, especially Poe; title: Harry L. Rosser on the reader's thought process; title: Doris Wight looks at lunatic ravings and language; title: Plot summary of "Bestiary"; title: List of characters in "Bestiary"; title: Critical views on "Bestiary." Jaime Alazraki on challenging causality; title: Evelyn Picon Garfield on Cortazar's dreams; title: Pamela McNab on children and insects; title: Julio Rodriguez-Luis on allegory; title: Joseph Tyler examines the fabulous and the fantastic; title: Plot summary of "Blow-up"; title: List of characters in "Blow-up"; title: Critical views of "Blow-up." Patrizia Bittini compares the short story with the film; title: Mary Ann Caws on surrealism and narrative vision; title: Seymour Chatman analyzes narrative structure; title: John Ditsky on images of the universe; title: David I. Grossvogel on Cortazar and Antonioni; title: Frederick Luciani examines "Blow-up" and Hitchcock's Rear window; title: Plot summary of "End of the game"; title: List of characters in "End of the game"; title: Critical views on "End of the game." John Ditsky on childhood games; title: Peter Standish on children's worldview; title: Ilan Stavans on rites of passage; title: Plot summary of "The night face up"; title: List of characters in "The night face up"; title: Critical views on "The night face up." Ana Maria Amar Sanchez compares Carpentier and Cortazar; title: Doris Wight looks at three short story masters; title: David Wykes on translating.