Bibliograph

The representation of the political in selected writings of Julio Cortázar, Carolina Orloff

Type

Label

The representation of the political in selected writings of Julio Cortázar, Carolina Orloff

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The representation of the political in selected writings of Julio Cortázar

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

854971928

Responsibility statement

Carolina Orloff

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Summary

The book analyses the evolution of the representation of distinct political elements throughout Cortázar's writings, mainly with reference to the novels and the so-called collage books, which have so far received only limited critical attention. The author also alludes to some short stories and refers to many of Cortázar's non-literary texts. Through this chosen corpus, the book follows a thematic thread, showing that politics was present in Cortázar's fiction from his very first writings, and not - as he himself tended to claim - only following his conversion to socialism. The study aims to show that contrary to what many critics have argued, this political conversion did not divide the writer into an irreconcilable before and after - the apolitical versus the political -, but rather it simply shifted the emphasis of the representation of the political that already existed in Cortázar's writings. Carolina Orloff is an independent scholar working on research projects in the UK and in Argentina.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The anti-Peronist years -- Action versus inaction -- Literature in the revolution -- Converging 'Lenin with Rimbaud' -- Conclusion

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