Anti-Literature: The Politics and Limits of Representation in Modern Brazil and Argentina

by Adam Joseph Shellhorse

Book Overview

Anti-Literature articulates a rethinking of what is meant today by "literature." Examining key Latin American forms of experimental writing from the 1920s to the present, Adam Joseph Shellhorse reveals literature's power as a site for radical reflection and reaction to contemporary political and cultural conditions. His analysis engages the work of writers such as Clarice Lispector, Oswald de Andrade, the Brazilian concrete poets, Osman Lins, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822964473
• ISBN13: 9780822964476
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"