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A Literary and Political History of Post-Revolutionary Mexico: Redefining "the Ideal".


0773458875

A literary and political history of post-revolutionary Mexico; redefining "the ideal".

Quinn-Sanchez, Kathryn.

Edwin Mellen Pr.

2006

198 pages

$109.95

Hardcover

PQ7207

Quinn-Sanchez (Latin American literature Latin American literature rose to particular prominence during the second half of the 20th century, largely thanks to the international success of the style known as magical realism.  and culture and Spanish language Spanish language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). The official language of Spain and 19 Latin American nations, Spanish is spoken as a first language by about 330 million persons , Georgian Court U., New Jersey) questions the validity of the original Spanish Spanish, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, issuing from Spanish Lake, S Ont., Canada, NW of Sudbury, and flowing generally S through Biskotasi and Agnew lakes to Lake Huron opposite Manitoulin island. There are several hydroelectric stations on the river.  American ideal nation and citizen as portrayed por·tray  
tr.v. por·trayed, por·tray·ing, por·trays
1. To depict or represent pictorially; make a picture of.

2. To depict or describe in words.

3. To represent dramatically, as on the stage.
 in the foundational fictions of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She examines several literary versions of Mexican identity to explore how certain post-revolutionary authors of the middle 20th century legitimated, rejected, or subverted the social norms that had been portrayed within earlier foundational fictions.

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