Nava, Alexander, 1967-
Wonder and exile in the New World Alex Nava. - University Park Pennsylvania State University Press, c2013 - xii, 260 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-251) and index.
Wonder and exile : mystical and prophetic perspectives -- Wanderers and wonderers in the New World : voices of the dispossessed -- The hidden god of the baroque : baroque wonders, baroque tragedies -- Baroque artists in exile : Cervantes and Sor Juana -- Mysticism and the marvelous in Latin American literature.
"Explores the language of wonder in the history of the New World. Traces the preoccupation with this concept in the history of the Americas from the colonial era to the twentieth century, with the emergence of so-called magical realism"--Provided by publisher.
9780271059938 (cloth : alk. paper)
2013003232
Spanish American literature--History and criticism.
Baroque literature--History and criticism.
Wonder in literature.
Wonder--Religious aspects.
Magic realism (Literature)
Exile (Punishment) in literature.
Mysticism and literature.
America--History and criticism.--Early accounts to 1600
America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
860.998 / N2826
Wonder and exile in the New World Alex Nava. - University Park Pennsylvania State University Press, c2013 - xii, 260 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-251) and index.
Wonder and exile : mystical and prophetic perspectives -- Wanderers and wonderers in the New World : voices of the dispossessed -- The hidden god of the baroque : baroque wonders, baroque tragedies -- Baroque artists in exile : Cervantes and Sor Juana -- Mysticism and the marvelous in Latin American literature.
"Explores the language of wonder in the history of the New World. Traces the preoccupation with this concept in the history of the Americas from the colonial era to the twentieth century, with the emergence of so-called magical realism"--Provided by publisher.
9780271059938 (cloth : alk. paper)
2013003232
Spanish American literature--History and criticism.
Baroque literature--History and criticism.
Wonder in literature.
Wonder--Religious aspects.
Magic realism (Literature)
Exile (Punishment) in literature.
Mysticism and literature.
America--History and criticism.--Early accounts to 1600
America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
860.998 / N2826
