"Through a study of literary representations of catastrophic figures, this book examines how nature and history intertwined during the violent aftermath of the Spanish American Wars of Independence"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction: Radical Landscapes -- 2. Earthquakes: The Shaky Grounds of Latin American History -- Aftershock: Cesar Aira's Rugendas: Photographing the Earthquake -- 3. Volcanoes: Emergencies of an Archaeological Modernity -- Aftershock: Malcolm Lowry's Under…
Through a study of philosophical, literary and artistic representations of three catastrophic figures – earthquakes, volcanoes and epidemics – this book provides a critical model through which to refute these state-sponsored “happy narratives,” proposing instead that the emergen…
"Through a study of literary representations of catastrophic figures, this book examines how nature and history intertwined during the violent aftermath of the Spanish American Wars of Independence"--
Cover -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: EROTIC MYSTICISM 1890s-1920s: "THE WORST MORAL STIGMA" -- The Dual Threat: Mysticism and Eroticism -- Leaving the Spanish Mystics in the Past -- The Subversive Power of Mystical Language: A Case Study of Max Nordau'…
Modernismo, Latin America's first homegrown literary movement, has garnered critical attention for its political and social import during a time of intense nation building and efforts to propel the region into modernity. LaGreca's Erotic Mysticism explores two dominant discourse…
