The ironic apocalypse in the novels of Leopoldo Marechal:

Leopoldo Marechal has become a chosen precursor of many contemporary Argentine writers, cineastes, and intellectuals, and so his novels - universally recognized but rarely studied - demand treatment from a contemporary critical sensibility. This study departs from the line of criticism that reads Ma...

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1. Verfasser: Cheadle, Norman 1953- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Suffolk Boydell & Brewer 2000
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Zusammenfassung:Leopoldo Marechal has become a chosen precursor of many contemporary Argentine writers, cineastes, and intellectuals, and so his novels - universally recognized but rarely studied - demand treatment from a contemporary critical sensibility. This study departs from the line of criticism that reads Marechal as a Christian apologist, arguing instead that Marechal's 'metaphysical' novels are really metafictional, ludic exercises informed by ironic scepticism. 'Adán Buenosayres' (1948) inverts the Christian-Platonist narrative of redemption through the Logos; in 'El Banquete de Severo Arcángelo' (1965) Marechal, tongue firmly in cheek, leads his readers on a metaphysical wild-goose chase; and in 'Megafón, o la guerra' (1970) he finally lays apocalypticism to rest. The close readings of his novels presented in this book help to lay the theoretical groundwork underpinning Marechal's reinscription in contemporary Argentine culture
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 170 pages)
ISBN:9780585443621