Love and Politics in the Contemporary Spanish American Novel

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION From Testimonial Narrative to the New Sentimental Novel: Barnet and Poniatowska -- ONE Patriotic Passion: Isabel Allende’s Of Love and Shadows -- TWO Love or Friendship? Tarzan’s Tonsillitis by Alfredo Bryce Echenique -- THREE Jo...
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION From Testimonial Narrative to the New Sentimental Novel: Barnet and Poniatowska -- ONE Patriotic Passion: Isabel Allende’s Of Love and Shadows -- TWO Love or Friendship? Tarzan’s Tonsillitis by Alfredo Bryce Echenique -- THREE Journey Back to the Source of Love: García Márquez’s Of Love and Other Demons -- FOUR Recipes for Romance: Laura Esquivel, Luis Sepúlveda, and Marcela Serrano -- FIVE The Importance of Being Sentimental: Antonio Skármeta’s Love-Fifteen and Luis Rafael Sánchez’s La importancia de llamarse Daniel Santos -- Appendix Some Spanish American Novels with Amorous or Sentimental Themes (1969–2003) -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED -- INDEX Ausführliche Beschreibung