Cambridge studies in Latin American and Iberian literature ;
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7
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-294) and index.
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1. The tales that now no one believes: Leyendas de Guatemala -- The first steps -- Mythmaker -- Proteus in the streets of Paris -- Making "fabula rasa" of surrealism -- The birth of neo-Indigenismo -- Tropical anamorphosis -- Resolution as solution -- The sifting of ancient times -- 2. Becoming ants after the harvest: Hombres de maiz -- Sinbad sails home -- A unifying principle -- Burning water -- Opossum's dawn -- Uneven Eve -- Coyote's covenant -- Tall tales made to order -- A new American idiom -- The role of animals -- Numbers -- Colors -- 3. If all the dead began to walk, the earth would be full of steps: Mulata de tal -- The short-lived republic of "bread, land, and freedom" -- After the fall -- The devil bearing gifts -- The transgressive power of eroticism -- Money doesn't smell -- The world upside down -- In praise of folly -- Conclusion: From death unto life.
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Asturias, Miguel Angel-- Criticism and interpretation
Asturias, Miguel Angel,1899-1974
Asturias, Miguel Angel-- Critique et interprétation
Asturias, Miguel Ángel, 1899-1974
Asturias, Miguel Angel, 1899-1974, Hombres de maíz
Asturias, Miguel Angel, 1899-1974, Leyendas de Guatemala