Roberto Bolaño In Context
Roberto Bolaño In Context
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GBPFrom his first fifteen years in Chile, to his nine years in Mexico City from 1968 to 1977, to the quarter of a century he lived and worked in the Blanes-Barcelona area on the Costa Brava in Spain through his death in 2003, Roberto Bolaño developed into an astonishingly diverse, prolific writer. He is one of the most consequential and widely read of his generation in any language. Increasingly recognized not only in Latin America, but as a major figure in World Literature, Bolaño is an essential writer for the 21st century world. This volume provides a comprehensive mapping of the pivotal contexts, events, stages, and influences shaping Bolaño's writing. As the wide-ranging investigations of this volume's 30 distinguished scholars show, Bolaño's influence and impact will shape literary cultures worldwide for years to come.
- The book offers essays on the entirety of Bolaño's work by 28 distinguished scholars with wide-ranging backgrounds and expertise
- It provides a comprehensive mapping of the pivotal contexts, events, stages, and influences shaping Bolaño's writing from his birth in 1953 to his death in 2003
- It further establishes and consolidates the case for Bolaño as a writer of global importance for the late 20th and early 21st century
Reviews & endorsements
'[An] indispensable volume that situates Bolaño in his historical, cultural and literary context, providing the necessary background to make sense of his life, work and legacy.' Claudio Palomares-Salas, Bulletin of Spanish Studies
Product details
January 2023Hardback
9781108835671
400 pages
235 × 158 × 28 mm
0.7kg
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Table of Contents
- Part I. Geographical, Social and Historical Contexts:
- 1. Mapping Bolaño's worlds Jonathan B. Monroe
- 2. Chile, 1953–1973 MarÃa Inés Lagos
- 3. The Pinochet era, 1973–1990 Michael J. Lazarra
- 4. Dictatorships in the Southern Cone Ksenija Bilbija
- 5. Mexico City, 1968 Viviane Mahieux
- 6. Mexico City, Paris, and life versus art Rubén Gallo
- 7. Spain, Europe, 1977–2003 Ana Fernández-CebrÃan
- 8. Transatlantic currents: Europe and the Americas Rory O'Bryen
- Part II. Shaping Events and Literary History:
- 9. France, Spain, 1938 Juli Highfill
- 10. The Cold War Patrick Iber
- 11. After the fall of the wall:
- 1989–2001 Edmundo Paz Soldán
- 12. Latin American literature Ilan Stavans
- 13. French connections Dominique Jullien
- 14. German and Russian precursors Thomas O. Beebee
- 15. After the two 9/11s: Santiago de Chile, 1973, New York, 2001 Nicholas Birns
- Part III: Genres, Discourses, Media:
- 16. Essays and short stories José Luis Venegas
- 17. Poetry I: the ghost that runs through the writing Rubén Medina
- 18. Poetry II: parody and the question of history Sergio Villalobos-Ruminott
- 19. The novel and the canon Roberto González EchevarrÃa
- 20. Detective fiction Pablo Piccato
- 21. Journalism, media, mass culture Tania Gentic
- 22. Literary criticism and literary history Ana Del Sarto
- Part IV. Aesthetics, Culture, and Politics:
- 23. The abomination of literature Brett Levinson
- 24. Religion and politics AnÃbal González
- 25. Gender and sexuality Ana Forcinito
- 26. Race and ethnicity Juan Decastro
- 27. Trauma and collective memory Ryan F. Long
- 28. Fictions of the avant-gardes Michelle Clayton
- 29. Love and friendship Ignacio López-Calvo
- 30. World literature: twenty-first-century legacies Héctor Hoyos.
