The lights of home : a century of Latin American writers in Paris
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The lights of home : a century of Latin American writers in Paris
Routledge, 2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-272) and index
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Description
Because of political, cultural, or economic difficulties in their homelands, Latin American writers have often sought refuge abroad. Their independent searches for a haven in which to write often ended in Paris, long a city of writes in exile. This is more than solely a group biography of these writers or an explication of material they wrote about Paris; it is also a luminous account of the work they wrote while in Paris, often based in their homelands. It explores how Paris reacted to this wave of Latin American writers and how these writers absorbed Parisian influences and welded them to their own traditions setting the stage for immense success and power of works coming from Central and South America over the last half of the twentieth century.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents Introduction: the lure of Paris 1. The voyage out (1893-1939) The French reception 2. Writers' beginnings(Gabriel Garcia Mrquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Alfredo Bryce Echenique) 3. Clarifying sojourns (Octavio Paz, Alejandra Pizarnik) 4. Diplomatic pastures (Miguel Angel Asturias, Alejo Carpentier, Pablo Neruda) Tradition of Pilgrimage: the dream city 5. Interstitial spaces (Julio Cortzar) 6. Transgressive gestures (Severo Sarduy, Copi) Outside Looking In: Paris, city of exiles 7. The privileged eye, writing from distance (Julio Ramon Ribeyro, Juan Jose Saer) 8. Tsuris of the margins (Luisa Futoransky) Living in Another Language: the problem of audience, community 9. The translated self (Edgardo Cozarinsky) 10. New World transplants--foreigners in French (Eduardo Manet, Silvia Baron Supervielle) 11. Academicien (Hector Bianciotti) Conclusion: the lights of home Notes Bibliography
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