Jerónimo Arellano

Magical Realism and the History of the Emotions in Latin America

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Produktbeschreibung

Newly available in paperback, this iconoclastic study draws on affect theory, the history of emotions, and new materialism to reconsider magical realism in the works of Latin American writers such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Alejo Carpentier, and César Aira.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bucknell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781684485840
• ISBN-10: 1684485843
• Artikelnr.: 73875503

Autorenporträt

JERÓNIMO ARELLANO is an assistant professor of Latin American literature at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Translations List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction:
Worldly Wonder Part I: Wonder in the Colonial Heart Chapter: One: The
Intermittence of the Marvelous Chapter Two: Columbus's First Journal and
the Materiality of the Emotions Chapter Three: Colonial Chronicles as
Archives of Feelings Part II: The Afterlives of Feelings Chapter Four:
Alejo Carpentier's lo real maravilloso americano and the Colonial History
of Wonder Chapter Five: The Afterlives of Feelings: Wonder as Palimpsest in
Gabriel García Márquez's Cien años de soledad Chapter Six: In the
Graveyards of Magical Realism: The Dissafection of the Marvelous and César
Aira's El mago Bibliography Index About the Author