Juan Goytisolo and the Poetics of Contagion: The Evolution of a Radical Aesthetic in the Later Novels (Hispanic Studies TRAC)

273 Pages·2001·2.53 MB·English

by  Stanley Black

Juan Goytisolo and the Poetics of Contagion
Hispanic Studies TRAC
(Textual Research and Criticism)
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Hispanic StudiesTRAC (Textual ResearchandCriticism) Volume18
Juan Goytisolo and the
Poetics of Contagion
The Evolution of a Radical Aesthetic
in the Later Novels
STANLEY BLACK
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS
First published 2001 by
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Copyright # 2001 Stanley Black
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Contents
Abbreviations ix
Acknowledgements x
Introduction 1
1 Goytisolo and Literary Theory 17
2 Sen˜as de identidad 45
3 Reivindicacio´n del conde don Julia´n 81
4 Juan sin tierra 121
5 Makbara 159
6 Conclusion: After Makbara 201
Bibliography 243
Index 257
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Abbreviations
BL El bosque de las letras
CC Contracorrientes
CI Cogitus interruptus
CS Cro´nicas sarracinas
D Disidencias
DJ Reivindicacio´n del conde don Julia´n
ESDS El sitio de los sitios
FC El furgo´n de cola
Jst Juan sin tierra
LC La cuarentena
LLL Libertad, libertad, libertad
LSDJ Las semanas del jardı´n
LSDM La saga de los Marx
LVPS Las virtudes del pa´jaro solitario
M Makbara
PDLB Paisajes despue´s de la batalla
PN Problemas de la novela
SI Sen˜as de identidad
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