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Subject(s)

• American fiction—History and criticism [Browse]
• Mexican fiction—20th century—History and criticism [Browse]
• French-Canadian fiction—20th century—History and criticism [Browse]
• America—In literature [Browse]

Summary note

This original contribution to hemispheric American literary studies comprises readings of three important novels from Mexico, Canada, and the United States: Carlos Fuentes's Terra Nostra, Quebecois writer Jacques Poulin's Volkswagen Blues, and Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the Dead.

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

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Contents

• Introduction
• The great(er) American paradigm: Moby-Dick and the Summa Americana
• From terra incognita to terra nostra: Carlos Fuentes's Reinvention of America
• Jacques Poulin's archival pathways: Volkswagen blues as discovery chronicle
• Leslie Marmon Silko's Council book: hemispheric forces in Almanac of the dead
• Greater America in the classroom: comparative literature, theory and praxis.

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ISBN

0-8263-5759-8

OCLC

952200299

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