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  1. Journeys of formation
    the Spanish American Bildungsroman
    Published: c2010
    Publisher:  Peter Lang, New York

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1433108828; 9781433108822
    Series: Currents in comparative Romance languages and literatures ; v. 174
    Subjects: Maturation (Psychology) in literature; Identity (Psychology) in literature; Heroes in literature; Spanish American fiction; Latin American fiction; Bildungsromans
    Scope: Online-Ressource (109 p)
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [93]-104) and index

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    IntroductionArgentina: Apprentices and bohemians -- Peru: Nomads and tourists -- Mexico: Outcasts and immigrants -- Conclusions.

  2. Journeys of Formation
    The Spanish American Bildungsroman
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc, New York

    Ideal for students of modern Latin American literature, Journeys of Formation: The Spanish American 'Bildungsroman' offers a lucid introduction to the Bildungsroman as a genre before revealing how the journey motif works as both a plot-forming device... more

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    Ideal for students of modern Latin American literature, Journeys of Formation: The Spanish American 'Bildungsroman' offers a lucid introduction to the Bildungsroman as a genre before revealing how the journey motif works as both a plot-forming device and as a means of characterization in several of the most canonical Spanish American Bildungsromane. In the process, the author demonstrates the overlooked importance of the travel motif in this genre. Although present in the vast majority of Bildungsromane, if the journey is discussed at all by critics it tends to be in superficial terms. The aut

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
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    ISBN: 9781433108822
    Scope: Online-Ressource (120 p)
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    Contents; Acknowledgments vii; Chapter One. Introduction 1; Chapter Two. Argentina: Apprentices and Bohemians 17; The best of times: Don Segundo Sombra 19; "Life's a bitch": El juguete rabioso 27; Chapter Three. Peru: Nomads and Tourists 43; Search for the lost center: Los ríos profundos 44; On the road to nowhere: Crónica de San Gabriel 54; Chapter Four. Mexico: Outcasts and Immigrants 67; A vicious circle: Balún Canán 68; The price of privilege: La "Flor de Lis" 76; Chapter Five. Conclusions 89; Bibliography 93; Index 105;