Table of Contents: Myth and history in Caribbean fiction :

Main Author:	Webb, Barbara J., 1946-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Press, ©1992.
Subjects:	Carpentier, Alejo, > 1904-1980 > Criticism and interpretation. Harris, Wilson > Criticism and interpretation. Glissant, Édouard, > 1928-2011 > Criticism and interpretation. Carpentier, Alejo, > 1904- Harris, Wilson. Glissant, Edouard, > 1928- Carpentier, Alejo, > 1904- > Critique et interprétation. Harris, Wilson, > 1921- > Critique et interprétation. Glissant, Edouard, > 1928- > Critique et interprétation. Carpentier, Alejo, > 1904-1980. Glissant, Édouard, > 1928-2011. Carpentier, Alejo. Glissant, Édouard. Caribbean fiction > History and criticism. Myth in literature. History in literature. Literature and history. Roman antillais > Histoire et critique. Mythe dans la littérature. Histoire dans la littérature. Littérature et histoire. TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary. LITERARY CRITICISM > General. Caribbean fiction. Fictie. Roman. Mythologie. Karibik.
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Table of Contents:

pt. 1. Myth as a historical mode : Lo real maravilloso americano
Lo real maravilloso in Caribbean fiction
The folk imagination and history : El reino de este mundo, The secret ladder, and Le quatrième siècle
pt. 2. The problematic quest for origins
The myth of El Dorado : Los pasos perdidos and Palace of the peacock
pt. 3. Myth and history : the dialectics of culture
History as mythic discourse : El siglo de las luces, Tumatumari, and La case du commandeur
The poetics of identity and difference : Black Marsden and Concierto barroco.