Elective Affinities - (Mimesis) by Agnieszka H Hudzik & Joanna M Moszczyń & ska & Jorge Estrada & Patricia A Gwozdz (Hardcover)
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- From the nineteenth century to the present, literary entanglements between Latin America and East Central Europe have been socio-politically and culturally diverse, but never random.
- About the Author: Agnieszka Helena Hudzik, Saarland University; Joanna M. Moszczynska, University of Regensburg; Jorge Estrada, Free University of Berlin; Patricia Gwozdz, University of Potsdam.
- 321 Pages
- Literary Criticism, European
- Series Name: Mimesis
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This volume explores the historical, socio-political, transcultural, and intertextual connections between East Central Europe and Latin America from the nineteenth century to the present. The contributions from different disciplines open up inspirinBook Synopsis
From the nineteenth century to the present, literary entanglements between Latin America and East Central Europe have been socio-politically and culturally diverse, but never random. The Iron Curtain, in particular, forced both regions to negotiate transatlantic «elective affinities», to take a stance in relation to the West, and to position themselves within world literature. As a result, the intellectual fields and creative productions of these regions have critically engaged with notions such as «post-imperial», «marginal», or «peripheral».
In this edited volume, scholars from Germany, Brazil, Czech Republic, Hungary, Mexico, Poland, Slovenia, and Spain cross the globe from South to East and back to uncover transcultural and transareal convivialities. Their papers explore literary history, poetics, intellectual networks, and aesthetic theory, while discussing new key concepts in global literary history.
About the Author
Agnieszka Helena Hudzik, Saarland University; Joanna M. Moszczynska, University of Regensburg; Jorge Estrada, Free University of Berlin; Patricia Gwozdz, University of Potsdam.
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