Mapping the Amazon Literary Geography after the Rubber Boom |
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| Author:
| Smith, Amanda M. |
| Series title: | American Tropics Towards a Literary Geography LUP Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-80207-534-2 |
| Publication Date: | May 2024 |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $49.99 |
Book Description:
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By tracing the political and ecological consequences of charting the Amazon River basin in narrative fiction, Mapping the Amazon examines how widely read twentieth-century novels by José Eustasio Rivera, Rómulo Gallegos, Mario Vargas Llosa, César Calvo, Márcio Souza, and Mário de Andrade have both represented and shaped the region long after publication.
By tracing the political and ecological consequences of charting the Amazon River basin in narrative fiction, Mapping the Amazon examines how widely read twentieth-century novels by José Eustasio Rivera, Rómulo Gallegos, Mario Vargas Llosa, César Calvo, Márcio Souza, and Mário de Andrade have both represented and shaped the region long after publication.