History, Violence, and the Hyperreal: Representing Culture in the Contemporary Spanish Novel (Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures, 49)

Langue : anglais

Edité par Purdue University Press, 2010

1557535582 / 9781557535580

Image de l’article 1 de 6

Vendeur : Inklings Bookstore, Bedford, IN, Etats-UnisInklings Bookstore

Vendeur avec une évaluation de 5 étoiles

Vendeur AbeBooks depuis 12 novembre 2024

Livre broché

Etat: Neuf

EUR 50,34

EUR 6,00 expédition 
Expédition nationale : Etats-Unis

Quantité disponible : 1 disponible

Ajouter au panier
Retours gratuits sous 30 jours

A propos de cet article

NEW SC book still in plastic wrap. What does literature reveal about a country’s changing cultural identity? In History, Violence, and the Hyperreal by Kathryn Everly, this question is applied to the contemporary novel in Spain. In the process, similarities emerge among novels that embrace apparent differences in style, structure, and language. Contemporary Spanish authors are rethinking the way the novel with its narrative powers can define a specific cultural identity. Recent Spanish novels by Carme Riera, Dulce Chacon, Javier Cercas, Ray Loriga, Lucia Etxebarria, and Jose Angel Manas (published from 1995 to 2008) particularly highlight the tension that exists between historical memory and urban youth culture. The novels discussed in this study reconfigure the individual’s relationship to narrative, history, and reality through their varied interpretations of Spanish history with its common threads of national and personal violence. In these books, culture acts as mediator between the individual and the rapidly changing dynamic of contemporary society. The authors experiment with the novel form to challenge fundamental concepts of identity when the narrative acknowledges more than one way of reading and understanding history, violence, and reality. In Spain today, questions of historical accuracy in all foundational fictions—such as the Inquisition, the Spanish Civil War, or globalization—collide with the urgency to modernize. The result is a clash between regional and global identities. Seemingly disparate works of historical fiction and Generation X narrative prove similar in the way they deal with history, reality, and the delicate relationship between writer and reader.…

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1784581009680

Titre
History, Violence, and the Hyperreal: Representing Culture in the Contemporary Spanish Novel (Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures, 49)
Auteur
Everly, Kathryn
Éditeur
Purdue University Press
Année de publication
2010
État de l'article
Neuf
Reliure
Couverture souple
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
1557535582
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781557535580
Poids de l'article
2 livres
Dimensions
5,9 pouces de largeur par 8,9 pouces de hauteur par 0,6 pouce de profondeur

Inklings Bookstore

Bedford, IN, Etats-Unis

Vendeur avec une évaluation de 5 étoiles

Vendeur AbeBooks depuis 12 novembre 2024

Frais d'expédition à l'intérieur de ce pays : Etats-Unis

Article5 à 14 jours ouvrés3 à 6 jours ouvrés
Premier articleEUR 6,00EUR 8,88
Les délais de livraison sont fixés par les vendeurs et varient en fonction du transporteur et du lieu. Les commandes transitant par les douanes peuvent être retardées et les acheteurs sont responsables de tous les droits ou frais associés. Les vendeurs peuvent vous contacter au sujet de frais supplémentaires afin de couvrir toute augmentation des coûts d'expédition de vos articles.

Modes de paiement

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Carte Bleue
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • Paypal

Description de la boutique

Inklings is a small used bookstore in Bedford, Indiana founded and run by public school teachers. Our brick and mortar store opened in 2012 and we are just now getting into online sales. While we want to maintain a presence in our local community, it is becoming apparent that we are going to have to branch out in order to stay viable. We want to offer our customers hard-to-find books at great prices. If you ever have any troubles, please call us or email and we will do everything we can to make sure you are satisfied. We are open Wednesday through Saturday each and every week from 12p, to 7pm, so please plan your calls accordingly. We want to thank you for your business and your trust in us. We hope you'll come back and look often as we plan on adding books just about everyday for as long as we can.…

Spécialité

Used, out-of-print, non-fiction, Indiana interest, hardback, paperback, rare, fiction, academic books, signed books

Profil professionnel du vendeur

Inklings Bookstore

IN, Etats-Unis