The Usable Past The Imagination of History in Recent Fiction of the Americas |
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| Author:
| Zamora, Lois Parkinson |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-58253-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1997 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $90.99 |
Book Description:
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Concentrating on the past as both the subject of fiction and as a force for inscribing fiction, The Usable Past traces the ways in which writers self-consciously participate in the construction of an American canon. Linking Latin American and North American fiction, Zamora explores issues surrounding the ambivalence of history in a 'new' world.
Concentrating on the past as both the subject of fiction and as a force for inscribing fiction, The Usable Past traces the ways in which writers self-consciously participate in the construction of an American canon. Linking Latin American and North American fiction, Zamora explores issues surrounding the ambivalence of history in a 'new' world.