Title: Surrealism in Latin American literature
Description: "Charting surrealism in Latin American literature from its inital appearance in Argentina in 1928 to the surrealist-inspired work of several writers in the 1970s, Melanie Nicholson argues that the literary movement exercised a significant and positive influence over twentieth-century Latin American literature, particularly poetry. Within the framework of literary and cultural history, this ... book offers close readings of surrealist texts--many of which appear here for the first time in English translation--and traces the heterodox ways in which Latin American writers, far from merely mimicking French surrealist principles or techniques, fashioned an aesthetic that reflected their distinct individual and cultural realities"--Cover, p. [4].
Subjects: Experimental Literature, Spanish American literature, Surrealism (Literature), Avant-garde (Aesthetics), History and criticism, Influence, Breton, andre, 1896-1966, Literature, experimental, Spanish american literature, history and criticism, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), LITERARY CRITICISM, Caribbean & Latin American
Places: Latin America
People: André Breton (1896-1966)
Time periods: 20th century