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The island called paradise : Cuba in history, literature, and the arts.
- Title
- The island called paradise : Cuba in history, literature, and the arts.
- Author
- Beidler, Philip D.
- Publication
- Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2014]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 14-5071 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- viii, 193 pages; 24 cm
- Alternative Title
- Cuba in history, literature, and the arts
- Subject
- Note
- Author's name appears on jacket; Beidler appears on spine.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-185) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : Cuba and the imagination -- Romancing Cecilia Valdes -- Un militar espanol de origen venezolano -- Mambises in whiteface -- The ghost of Walker Evans -- Ignacio Pineiro, George Gershwin, and the Schillinger system -- The secret life of Ricky Ricardo -- Good neighbor Batista -- The two Ernestos -- Steverino in Gangsterland -- Why no one in Havana speaks of Graham Greene -- Inspector Renko on the Malecon -- The example of Yoani Sanchez -- Conclusion : the autumn of the comandante.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-5071
- ISBN
- 9780817318208 (trade cloth : alk. paper)
- 0817318208 (trade cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780817387433 (e book)
- 0817387439 (e book)
- LCCN
- 2013035328
- OCLC
- 862221996
- Author
- Beidler, Philip D.
- Title
- The island called paradise : Cuba in history, literature, and the arts.
- Publisher
- Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-185) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-5071