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Pot Pourri: Whistlings of an Idler

Pot Pourri: Whistlings of an Idler

Cambaceres, Eugenio
Ludmer, Josefina
Dillman, Lisa

Paperback

Series: Library of Latin America

Literary CriticismFiction AnthologiesGeneral Fiction

ISBN10: 0195144643
ISBN13: 9780195144642
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: May 1 2003
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.57 Width: 5.58 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
Eugenio Cambaceres was the first to introduce the naturalist manner of Emile Zola to Argentinean literature in the late nineteenth century. The work of Cambaceres, a precursor to the contemporary Argentinean novel, is crucial for an understanding of the period of consolidation of Argentina, the formation of a national identity, and especially for the role of the intellectual during that transition. This gereation theoretically and methodically built up a literature with features of its own, stressing the cultural primacy of Buenos Aires par excellence, to enhance the evolution of the cosmopolitan metropolis.

A rich dandy narrates Pot Pourri, relating a story of marriage and adultery during the carnival celebrations. The volume editor, Josefina Ludmer, describes the dandy as an ambiguous protagonist who acts both as a reflection and a critic of the liberal state. As a new addition to the already-acclaimed Library of Latin America, Pot Pourri should find its rightful place with the ever-growing audience for Latin American literature.

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