Uncertain mirrors : magical realisms in US ethnic literatures / Jesús Benito, Ana Ma Manzanas ; Begoña Simal.

Uncertain Mirrors realigns magical realism within a changing critical landscape, from Aristotelian mimesis to Adorno's concept of negative dialectics. In between. The volume traverses a vast theoretical arena, from postmodernism and postcolonialism to Levinasian philosophy and eco-criticism. Th...

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Main Author: Benito Sánchez, Jesús
Other Authors: Manzanas Calvo, Ana Ma. (Ana María), Simal González, Begoña
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2009.
Series:Critical approaches to ethnic American literature ; no. 3.
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