The Corpus Delicti: A Manual of Argentine Fictions

by Josefina Ludmer

Book Overview

An intellectual tour de force from one of today's leading critics of Latin American literature and culture, The Corpus Delicti (The Body of Crime) is a manual of crime, a compendium of crime tales, and an extended meditation on the central role of crime in literature, in life, and in the life of the nation. Drawing her examples from canonical texts, popular novels, newspaper serials, and more, Josefina Ludmer captures the wide range of Argentine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822961954
• ISBN13: 9780822961956
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"