Surrealism in Latin American Literature: Searching for Breton's Ghost

By Melanie Nicholson

Book Overview

Charting surrealism in Latin American literature from its initial appearance in Argentina in 1928 to the surrealist-inspired work of several writers in the 1970s, Melanie Nicholson argues that surrealism has exercised a significant and positive influence over twentieth-century Latin American literature, particularly poetry.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349449865
• ISBN13: 9781349449866
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"