Modern death in Irish and Latin American literature / Jacob L. Bender.
"This comparative literature study explores how writers from across Ireland and Latin America have, both in parallel and in concert, deployed symbolic representations of the dead in their various anti-colonial projects. In contrast to the ghosts and revenants that haunt English and Anglo-Americ...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan,
[2020]
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| Online Access: | Springer Humanities and Social Science eBook Collection 2020 English/International |
| Summary: | "This comparative literature study explores how writers from across Ireland and Latin America have, both in parallel and in concert, deployed symbolic representations of the dead in their various anti-colonial projects. In contrast to the ghosts and revenants that haunt English and Anglo-American letters--where they are largely either monstrous horrors or illusory frauds--the dead in these Irish/Latinx archives can serve as potential allies, repositories of historical grievances, recorders of silenced voices, and disruptors of neocolonial discourse."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 240 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 3030509397 9783030509392 3030509389 9783030509385 |