Title: Modernismo, vanguardias, posmodernidad
First published: 1995
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.
Subjects: Latin American literature, Modernism (Literature), History and criticism, Avant-garde (Aesthetics), Postmodernism
Places: Latin America
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PQ7081 .P425 1995