The Spirit of Carnival: Magical Realism and the Grotesque

by David K. Danow

Book Overview

The world of literature responds to the "spirit of carnival" in ways that are both social and cultural, mythological and archetypal. Literature provides a mirror in which carnival is reflected and refracted through the multifarious perspectives of verbal art. In his original, wide-ranging book, David K. Danow catches the various reflections in that mirror, from the bright, life-affirming magical side of carnival, as revealed in the literature of Latin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813191076
• ISBN13: 9780813191072
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher