On the Dark Side of the Archive: Nation and Literature in Spanish America at the Turn of the Century

by Juan Carlos González Espitia

On the Dark Side of the Archive examines nineteenth-century nation building through narratives that are not part of the romantic or realist traditions, specifically those associated with the critique of traditional ideas often portrayed in Decadentism and modernismo. The study focuses on the "non-canonical" works of turn-of-the-century authors-including Jos eacute; Mar iacute;a Vargas Vila, Horacio Quiroga, Clemente Palma, and Jos Mart...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161148331X
• ISBN13: 9781611483314
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"