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Magical Realism: Theory, History, Community » Read Now
by Lois Parkinson Zamora, Wendy B. Faris. 582 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Magical Realism MAGICAL REALISM Theory, History, Community Edited with an Introduction...Information Systems. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Magical...
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Magical Realism in West African Fiction: Seeing with a Third Eye » Read Now
by Brenda Cooper. 250 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

This study contextualizes magical realism within current debates and theories of postcoloniality and examines the fiction of three of its West African pioneers: Syl Cheney-Coker of Sierra Leone, Ben Okri of Nigeria and Kojo Laing of Ghana. Brenda Cooper explores the distinct elements of the genre in...
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This study contextualizes magical realism within current debates and theories of postcoloniality and examines the fiction of three of its West African pioneers: Syl Cheney-Coker of Sierra Leone, Ben Okri of Nigeria and Kojo Laing of Ghana. Brenda Cooper explores the distinct elements of the genre in a West African context, and in relation to: * a range of global expressions of magical realism, from the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez to that of Salman Rushdie * wider contemporary trends in African writing, with particular attention to how the realism of authors such as Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka has been connected with nationalist agendas. This is a fascinating and important work for all those working on African literature, magical realism, or postcoloniality.
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"Searching for the Route of Inventions": Retracing the Renaissance Discovery Narrative in Gabriel Garcia Marquez, in CLIO » Read Now
by Elizabeth A. Spiller. 24 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, History, Literature, Entire Library

...determined by the demands that magical realism makes on its readers to accommodate...and magic to Garcia Marquezs "magical realism," I would extend that argument...Zamora...
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Show and Tell: Identity as Performance in U.S. Latina/O Fiction (Chap. 5 "The 'Boom' in U.S. Latina/o Fiction: Performing Magical Realism in The Love Queen of the Amazon and So Far From God") » Read Now
by Karen Christian. 189 pgs.

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What makes John Rechy a Chicano writer? To be Latino, must writing have a touch of 'magical realism'? Can one talk of US Latina/o identity, considering the diversity of the Latina/o experience? Through the analysis of nine recent Latino/a novels, Karen Christian answers these and other questions...
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What makes John Rechy a Chicano writer? To be Latino, must writing have a touch of 'magical realism'? Can one talk of US Latina/o identity, considering the diversity of the Latina/o experience? Through the analysis of nine recent Latino/a novels, Karen Christian answers these and other questions, thereby adding a fresh, bold voice to the anti-essentialist debate surrounding ethnic and gender identity. Christian melds the theory of 'performativity' with the latest scholarship on ethnicity and ethnic literature to create a framework for viewing identity as a continuous process that cannot be reduced to static categories. Through their narrative 'performances', US Latina/o writers and their characters move among communities and identities in an ongoing challenge to the notion of Latina/o essence. This study is also among the first to examine trends across the spectrum of cultures represented in US Latina/o literature -- from Chicano to Cuban to Puerto Rican to Dominican. This book is essential for any serious student of Latina/o literature and identity.
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More Real Than Reality: The Fantastic in Irish Literature and the Arts (Discussion of magical realism begins on p. 214) » Read Now
by Donald E. Morse, Csilla Bertha. 272 pgs.

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From the ancient texts and medieval illuminated manuscripts to 20th century poetry, painting, drama, stories, and novels, Irish writers and artists have found the fantastic not only congenial but necessary to their art. This collection of fifteen essays focuses on the fantastic in Irish literature...
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From the ancient texts and medieval illuminated manuscripts to 20th century poetry, painting, drama, stories, and novels, Irish writers and artists have found the fantastic not only congenial but necessary to their art. This collection of fifteen essays focuses on the fantastic in Irish literature and the arts, showing how the use of the fantastic mode has allowed Irish writers and artists to express ideas, emotions, and insights not available through the direct imitation of everyday reality. The works of Yeats, Field, Shelley, Synge, Beckett, Swift, Coleridge, and others are examined in incisive chapters written from the point of view of the fantastic.
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Not the Magic Talisman: Rethinking Oral Literature in South Africa, in World Literature Today » Read Now
by Isabel Hofmeyr. 5 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...chameleons, dwarves, and fantastic happenings--in short, an already-disillusioned 1970s anticipation of 1980s "magical realism." With his characteristic chutzpah, Marechera...
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Margaret Atwood's Fairy-Tale Sexual Politics (Chap. 11 "Cat's Eye Vision 'Rapunzel' and 'The Snow Queen'" ) » Read Now
by Sharon Rose Wilson. 432 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Intriguing investigation of fairy-tale images in Atwood's haunting fiction, poetry, & artwork.
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Latin America, Its Problems and Its Promise: A Multidisciplinary Introduction ("Fantasy and Magical Realism; Experimental Theater" begins on p. 116) » Read Now
by Jan Knippers Black. 658 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Praise for earlier editions: "Deserves serious consideration for use at the undergraduate level.... Will provide undergraduates with a broad understanding of the evolution of the issues & theoretical frameworks that have been at the center of this field of study." Journal of Third World Studies "The...
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Praise for earlier editions: "Deserves serious consideration for use at the undergraduate level.... Will provide undergraduates with a broad understanding of the evolution of the issues & theoretical frameworks that have been at the center of this field of study." Journal of Third World Studies "The articles are short, up-to-date, & concise. Exactly what is needed for introductory students. The range of material it covers is thorough. It offers both cross-cutting articles by theme as well as country-by-country material. The writing style throughout is clear & easy to understand.... A most worthwhile book!" Pauline Hansen-Vaillancourt Universite du Quebec a Montreal "A fine job.... This book should meet the need for today's increasingly multidisciplinary courses introducing North American students to the vast & varied region of Latin America." William E. Melvin Memphis State University
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The Literary Pulse of the Americas, in Americas » Read Now
by Barbara Mujica. 4 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...literature were inseparable. Social realism gave way to magical realism, associated primarily with Garcia Marquez but having...writers such as Alcides Arguedas and Alejo...
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Authorizing Female Voice and Experience: Ghosts and Spirits in Kingston's 'The Woman Warrior' and Allende's 'The House of the Spirits', in MELUS » Read Now
by Ruth Y. Jenkins. 13 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...much has been written on the magical realism of Latin American writing, much...patriarchal authority. Like the "magical realism" identified in much Latin...
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Magical Neoliberalism, in Foreign Policy » Read Now
by Alberto Fuguet. 8 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...quaint, folkloric sensibility of magical realism has given way to a gritty, urban...founding father of the cult of magical realism, a sort of curse that has afflicted...
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Novel Views of Isabel Allende, in The Washington Times » Read Now
by Ann Geracimos. 1 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Byline: Ann Geracimos The term "magical realism," so often applied to the works...Arts. She especially objects to magical realism as a blanket description of her...were...
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Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies ("Magical Realism" begins on p. 283 » Read Now
by John C. Hawley, Emmanuel S. Nelson. 510 pgs.

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The collapse of empires has resulted in a greater appreciation for indigenous cultures in former colonies and a renaissance of creativity. More than 150 alphabetically arranged entries by expert contributors overview and assess the effects of globalization on literary and cultural studies in the...
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The collapse of empires has resulted in a greater appreciation for indigenous cultures in former colonies and a renaissance of creativity. More than 150 alphabetically arranged entries by expert contributors overview and assess the effects of globalization on literary and cultural studies in the 21st century. Attempting to counter what some have seen as the anglophone bias of postcolonial studies, the volume emphasizes the common heritage of resistance in francophone, hispanophone, and other literatures, including the literatures of nonEuropean postimperial states.
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Willa Cather and the American Southwest (Discussion of magical realism begins on p. 125) » Read Now
by John N. Swift, Joseph R. Urgo. 172 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library