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Wonder and exile in the New World
- Title
- Wonder and exile in the New World / Alex Nava.
- Author
- Nava, Alexander, 1967-
- Publication
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2013.
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- Description
- xii, 260 p.; 24 cm
- 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.
- Subjects
- Spanish American literature > History and criticism
- Exile (Punishment) in literature
- Magic realism (Literature)
- Wonder > Religious aspects
- Baroque literature > History and criticism
- America > Discovery and exploration > Spanish
- America > Early works to 1800 > History and criticism
- Wonder in literature
- Mysticism and literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-251) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-6694
- ISBN
- 9780271059938 (hbk.)
- 0271059931 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2013003232
- 40022545243
- OCLC
- 828056002
- Author
- Nava, Alexander, 1967-
- Title
- Wonder and exile in the New World / Alex Nava.
- Imprint
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2013.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-251) and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40022545243
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-6694