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America unbound : encyclopedic literature and hemispheric studies /

This original contribution to hemispheric American literary studies comprises readings of three important novels from Mexico, Canada, and the United States: Carlos Fuentes's Terra Nostra, Quebecois writer Jacques Poulin's Volkswagen Blues, and Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko...

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Main Author: Barrenechea, Antonio (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016.
Subjects:
American fiction > History and criticism.
Mexican fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
French-Canadian fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
America > In literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780826357595
0826357598
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The great(er) American paradigm: Moby-Dick and the Summa Americana
  • From terra incognita to terra nostra: Carlos Fuentes's Reinvention of America
  • Jacques Poulin's archival pathways: Volkswagen blues as discovery chronicle
  • Leslie Marmon Silko's Council book: hemispheric forces in Almanac of the dead
  • Greater America in the classroom: comparative literature, theory and praxis.

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