Modernismo, vanguardias, posmodernidad
Subtitle: ensayos de literatura hispanoaméricana
By: Alberto Julián Pérez.
Publisher: Corregidor
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Bs. As. [i.e. Buenos Aires]
Language: spa
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Latin American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Modernism (Literature) -- Latin America.; Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- Latin America.; Postmodernism -- Latin America.
Description: "Groups several essays on literary modernism and avant garde, analyzed with a postmodernist theoretical criteria. Focuses on Rubén Darío's modernism, the avant-garde contribution to refashioning the concept of literature, and the figure of Borges as narrator and critic. Noteworthy essay deals with laughter and irony in Borges"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.