Myth and Archive: A Theory of Latin American Narrative

by Roberto González Echevarría

Book Overview

Myth and Archive presents a new theory of the origin and evolution of Latin American literature and the emergence of the modern novel. In this influential, award-winning exploration of Latin American writing from colonial times to the present, Roberto González Echevarría dispenses with traditional literary history to reveal the indebted relationship of the novel to legal, scientific, and anthropological discourses. Providing ways to link literary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822321947
• ISBN13: 9780822321941
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"