Pot Pourri Whistlings of an Idler |
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Author:
| Cambaceres, Eugenio Dillman, Lisa |
Editor:
| Ludmer, Josefina |
Series title: | Library of Latin America |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-514464-2 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2003 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $29.95AUD $47.95 |
Book Description:
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Eugenio Cambaceres was the first to introduce the naturalist manner of Émile Zola to Argentinean Literature in the late nineteenth century. The work of Cambaceres is crucial for an understanding of the period of consolidation of Argentina, the formation of national identity, and especially for the role of the intellectual in that transition. This generation theoretically and methodically built up a literature with features of its own, stressing the cultural primacy of Buenos Aires par...
More DescriptionEugenio Cambaceres was the first to introduce the naturalist manner of Émile Zola to Argentinean Literature in the late nineteenth century. The work of Cambaceres is crucial for an understanding of the period of consolidation of Argentina, the formation of national identity, and especially for the role of the intellectual in that transition. This generation theoretically and methodically built up a literature with features of its own, stressing the cultural primacy of Buenos Aires par excellence, to enhance the evolution a cosmopolitan metropolis.