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Book SynopsisHow Spanish American writers have reflected ethically in their works about writing’s relation to violence and about their own relation to writing.
Trade Review"Anibal Gonzalez's book is a rich, exquisitely erudite, highly original, brilliantly argued essay about profound ethical issues in the history of writing literature in Spanish America... It is the work of a consummate and recognized critic at the height of his powers." --Cesar A. Salgado, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Texas at Austin
Table of Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Killer Books: Writers, Writing, and Ethics in Spanish America
- Part I. Abuses
- Chapter 1. Writing and Child Abuse in Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera's "La hija del aire"
- Chapter 2. Silvina's Fall: Manuel Zeno Gandía's Epicurean Ethics of Writing in La charca
- Chapter 3. Ifigenia's Choice: Teresa de la Parra's Demonic Option
- Part II. Admonitions
- Chapter 4. From Fission to Fiction: Ethical Chain Reactions in Jorge Luis Borges's "The Garden of Forking Paths"
- Chapter 5. Ethics and Theatricality in Alejo Carpentier's The Harp and the Shadow
- Chapter 6. Shared Guilt: Writing as Crime in Julio Cortázar's "Press Clippings"
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
