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Description :
International scholars explore the connections between Juan Carlos Onetti, one of the foundational figures of the 1960s "Boom" in Latin American literature, and other relevant writers and texts from Latin America and beyond. The essays reflect a range of perspectives, including influence, intertextuality, and gender studies (representation, feminism, masculinity), and focus on topics as diverse as urban settings, prostitution, male fights, and fat and thin characters. This interplay results in a complex and refined picture of an author who from the beginning of the present decade has attracted much attention from academics, the media, and translators. "The richly nuanced feminine readings will allow readers to grasp the sense of what Helene Cixous once referred to as ’phallic monosexuality,’ a concept most appropriate in describing the work of Onetti. But without a doubt, the best feature of this book is what each and every contributor sought to highlight: the intertextual links between Onetti and other authors. Because the approach of this book is comparative, it opens doors to readers from many disciplines." -- Rene Prieto, Southern Methodist University, Contributors include Steven Boldy, Peter Bush, Linda Craig, Sabine Giersberg, Paul Jordan, Mark I. Millington, Maria Rosa Olivera-Williams, Hilary Owen, Gustavo San Roman, Donald L. Shaw, Philip Swanson, and Peter Turton.
Gustavo San Roman is Lecturer in Spanish in the Department of Spanish at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is the author of Amor y nacion. Ensayos sobre literatura uruguaya.
Content :
Table of Contents, Notes on Contributors, Bibliographical Note, Introduction, 1. Onetti and the 1940s Donald L. Shaw, 2. La tierra mas transparente or La region de nadie: Onetti and Fuentes, Steven Boldy, 3. Onetti and Donoso: Heroes and Whores in Juntacadaveres and El lugar sin limites, Philip Swanson, 4. Otherwise, or Reading Onetti with Borges, Mark I. Millington, 5. "But my writing has nothing to do with Arlt’s": Trace and Silence of Arlt in Onetti, Paul Jordan, 6. The Thin and the Fat: Onetti and Felisberto Hernandez, Gustavo San Roman, 7. Between Man and Woman: Onetti and Armonia Somers, Maria Rosa Olivera-Williams, 8. "The cadaver raised its head and tried to smile": The Prostitute in Onetti’s Juntacadaveres and Luisa Valenzuela’s Hay que sonreir, Linda Craig, 9. Masculine Impostures and Feminine Ripostes: Onetti and Clarice Lispector, Hilary Owen, 10. Conrad and Onetti: The Two Steins, Peter Turton, 11. "I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind": Onetti and Ecclesiastes, Sabine Giersberg, 12. Translating Onetti for Anglo-Saxon Others, Peter Bush, Index No other Books by the same author | |
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