Author : Eunice Rojas
Release : 2014-12-17
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Spaces of Madness by : Eunice Rojas
Download or read book Spaces of Madness written by Eunice Rojas. This book was released on 2014-12-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spaces of Madness examines the role of the insane asylum in Argentine prose works published between 1889 and 2011. From a place of existential exile at the turn of the twentieth century to a symbolic representation of Argentine society during and immediately subsequent to the Dirty War, the figure of the asylum in Argentine literature has evolved along with the institution itself. The authors studied in Spaces of Madness include Manuel T. Podestá, Roberto Arlt, Leopoldo Marechal, Julio Cortázar, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Juan José Saer, Abelardo Castillo, Ricardo Piglia, and Luisa Valenzuela.