A History of Argentine Literature

This book maps the rich, diverse and often overlooked history of Argentine literature.

Alejandra Laera (Edited by), Mónica Szurmuk (Edited by)

9781009283045, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 16 May 2024

574 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 4.1 cm, 1.01 kg

Argentine Literature continues to figure prominently in academic programs in the English-speaking world, and it has an increasing presence in English translation in international prizes and trade journals. A History of Argentine Literature proposes a major reimagining of Argentine literature attentive to production in indigenous and migration languages and to current debates in Literary Studies. Panoramic in scope and incisive in its in-depth studies of authors, works, and theoretical problems, this volume builds on available scholarship on canonical works but opens up the field to include a more diverse rendering as well as engaging with the full spectrum of textual interventions from travel writing to drama, from popular 'gauchesca' to celebrated avant guard works Working at the crossroads of disciplines, languages and critical traditions, this book accounts for the wealth of Argentine cultural  production and maps the rich, diverse and often overlooked history of Argentine literature.

Acknowledgments
Introduction Alejandra Laera and Mónica Szurmuk
Part I. Literary Dates: 1. 1536: The creation of a literary space Loreley El Jaber
2. 1810: Patriotic voices Ezequiel Adamovsky
3. 1837: The foundation of a national literature Víctor Goldgel-Carballo
4. 1884: A literary field in formation Vanesa Miseres
5. 1910: A modern lettered City Fernando Degiovanni
6. 1926: Traditions old and new Patricio Fontana
7. 1948: Culture and the State Marcos Zangrandi
8. 1963: Experimentation and the common reader Gonzalo Aguilar
9. 1980: Memory and the Novel Fernando Rosenberg
10. 2001: Argentine narrative in the New Millennium Jordana Blejmar and Ben Bollig
Part II. Critical Inroads: 11. Print culture in the Nineteenth Century Claudia Roman
12. Criollismo: Gauchos in literature and Film Nicolás Suárez
13. Race and nation Chisu Teresa Ko
14. Science in argentine literature Joanna Page
15. Essay on Territory: The Geography of National identity Adrián Gorelik
16. Music as sonic literature Esteban Buch
17. The Jewish presence in argentine literature Mónica Szurmuk
18. Emancipating: Twentieth-Century female writers, Journalists, and activists Nora Domínguez and Lucía De Leone
19. Dislocating tradition: Liminal, oblique and displaced writings Mariano Siskind
20. Mujeres raras: Patriarchal nightmares, dissident imagination Gabriel Giorgi
Part III. Literary Names: 21. Sarmiento: Politics, culture, and spectacle Alejandra Laera
22. The Mansilla siblings: A story in syntony Claudia Torre
23. Martín Fierro: Subaltern voices Juan Pablo Dabove
24. Borges and argentine literature: A detour around the World Graciela Montaldo
25. Roberto arlt Sylvia Saítta
26. The Ocampo sisters Laura Arnés and Julia Kratje
27. AlfoScenesnsina Storni, Alejandra Pizarnik Gwen Kirkpatrick
28. Displacement and transfer in Julio Cortázar's Todos los fuegos el fuego Amanda Holmes
29. Manuel Puig's circuit bending: Literary listening against Surveillance Tom McEnaney
30. Operation Massacre: Dangerous journalism Martín Kohan
31. The politics of the poem: From Gelman to perlongher Edgardo Dobry
32. Scenes from postmodern life: Literary interventions in the public sphere Silvio Waisbord
33. Griselda Gambaro and beyond: a 'Dermography' of contemporary Women's theatre and performance Cecilia Sosa, Brenda Werth and Philippa Page
34. César Aira and the art of invention Sandra Contreras.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]