Research Catalog

Title

Wonder and exile in the New World [electronic resource] / Alex Nava.

Author

Nava, Alexander, 1967-

Publication

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2013.

Details

Description

1 online resource (xii, 260 p.)

Summary

"Explores the language of wonder in the history of the New World. Traces the preoccupation with this concept in the history of the Americas from the colonial era to the twentieth century, with the emergence of so-called magical realism"--Provided by publisher.

Uniform Title

Wonder and exile in the New World (Online)

Alternative Title

Wonder and exile in the New World (Online)

Subject

• Spanish American literature > History and criticism
• Baroque literature > History and criticism
• Wonder in literature
• Wonder > Religious aspects
• Magic realism (Literature)
• Exile (Punishment) in literature
• Mysticism and literature
• America > Early accounts to 1600 > History and criticism
• America > Discovery and exploration > Spanish

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-251) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Wonder and exile : mystical and prophetic perspectives -- Wanderers and wonderers in the New World : voices of the dispossessed -- The hidden god of the baroque : baroque wonders, baroque tragedies -- Baroque artists in exile : Cervantes and Sor Juana -- Mysticism and the marvelous in Latin American literature.

LCCN

2013003232

OCLC

ssj0000981528

Author

Nava, Alexander, 1967-

Title

Wonder and exile in the New World [electronic resource] / Alex Nava.

Imprint

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2013.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-251) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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