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The Distant Relation: Time and Identity in Spanish American Fiction

By Eoin S. Thomson

Book information

Publisher
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Year
2001
ISBN
0773510281, 9780773510289
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9534359 bytes)
Series
McGill-Queen’s Studies in the History of Ideas
Pages
176\190
Time added
2016-11-07 05:56:06
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Description

The Distant Relation breaks down the artificial division between philosophy and literature by weaving contemporary philosophic arguments through close readings of Carpentier, Rulfo, Paz, and Garcia Marquez. Thomson draws the reader into the largely uninhabited space between philosophy and literature, providing new critical strategies that allow text and reader to respond to the very distance they share. These strategies involve a reconceptualization of distance that recognizes the productive and affirmative nature of separation. The Distant Relation will attract anyone interested in the ongoing struggle to overcome conventional interpretations of language, time, and identity within the broader context of philosophical trends and Spanish American studies.

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