Love and Politics in the Contemporary Spanish American Novel

Aníbal González

Published by University of Texas Press 2010

Love and Politics in the Contemporary Spanish American Novel

Aníbal González

https://doi.org/10.7560/721319

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The Latin American Literary Boom was marked by complex novels steeped in magical realism and questions of nationalism, often with themes of surreal violence. In recent years, however, those revolutionary projects of the sixties and seventies have given way to quite a different narrative vision and ideology. Dubbed the new sentimentalism, this trend is now keenly elucidated in Love and Politics in the Contemporary Spanish American Novel.

Offering a rich account of the rise of this new mode, as well as its political and cultural implications, Aníbal González delivers a close reading of novels by Miguel Barnet, Elena Poniatowska, Isabel Allende, Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Gabriel García Márquez, Antonio Skármeta, Luis Rafael Sánchez, and others. González proposes that new sentimental novels are inspired principally by a desire to heal the division, rancor, and fear produced by decades of social and political upheaval. Valuing pop culture above the avant-garde, such works also tend to celebrate agape—the love of one's neighbor—while denouncing the negative effects of passion (eros). Illuminating these and other aspects of post-Boom prose, Love and Politics in the Contemporary Spanish American Novel takes a fresh look at contemporary works.

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Aníbal González is Professor of Modern Latin American Literature at Yale University.

Reviews

A masterly, path-breaking discussion of an important trend, concentrating on an intelligent and pertinent selection of texts.

— César A. Salgado, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Texas at Austin

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION From Testimonial Narrative to the New Sentimental Novel: Barnet and Poniatowska Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
ONE Patriotic Passion: Isabel Allende’s Of Love and Shadows Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
TWO Love or Friendship? Tarzan’s Tonsillitis by Alfredo Bryce Echenique Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
THREE Journey Back to the Source of Love: García Márquez’s Of Love and Other Demons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
FOUR Recipes for Romance: Laura Esquivel, Luis Sepúlveda, and Marcela Serrano Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
FIVE The Importance of Being Sentimental: Antonio Skármeta’s Love-Fifteen and Luis Rafael Sánchez’s La importancia de llamarse Daniel Santos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
Appendix Some Spanish American Novels with Amorous or Sentimental Themes (1969–2003) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173

Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 189

eBook

Published: February 1, 2010
ISBN: 9780292793033