Beyond the Metafictional Mode: Directions in the Modern Spanish Novel

By Robert C. Spires

Book Overview

The term metafiction invaded the vocabulary of literary criticism around 1970, yet the textual strategies involved in turning fiction back onto itself can be traced through several centuries. In this theoretical/critical study Robert C. Spires examines the nature of metafiction and chronicles its evolution in Spain from the time of Cervantes to the 1970s, when the obsession with novelistic self-commentary culminated in an important literary movement. The critical portions of this study focus pr

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813154693
• ISBN13: 9780813154695
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher