Leopold Lugones--Selected Writings

by Sergio Waisman and Leopoldo Lugones

Book Overview

Argentina's best-known writer during his lifetime, Leopoldo Lugones's work spans many literary styles and ideological positions. He was influential as a modernist poet, as a precursor of the avant-garde, and also as the poet of Argentine nature. His short stories (Las Fuerzas Extranas: 1906) were early examples of the fantastic in Latin American fiction and influenced Borges, Quiroga, and others They reflect an interest in the uncanny and inspired...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195174046
• ISBN13: 9780195174045
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.2"