New Readings of Silvina Ocampo

Name: New Readings of Silvina Ocampo
Brand: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
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By Klingenberg, Patricia N.

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The critical essays in this volume are dedicated to the works of Argentine writer Silvina Ocampo (1903-1993) and introduce readers more fully to a figure who has long been a kind of insider's secret among intellectuals of her country. As the title suggests, the purpose of the volume is to move beyond the codification of Ocampo's use of the supernatural, an early oversimplification of her work. The essays address the quirkiness, cruelty, violence, and overt sexuality of her works, elements which have impeded a full understanding of her creative vision. Here it becomes clear that Silvina Ocampo was a co-contributor to the literary enterprise of the Sur generation, which produced Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Victoria Ocampo, and had a profound influence on writers of the younger generation, such as Alejandra Pizarnik, Sylvia Molloy, Marjorie Agosín and others

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Edition:: illustrated
Number of Pages:: 258
Release Date:: 2016-09-15
Publication Date:: 2016-09-02
Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1855663082
ISBN13:: 9781855663084
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 555 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 19 cm

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