Mexican writers on writing
"Ranging from the literature of colonialism and conquest to a contemporary look at Mexican life and letters, the book presents a cross-section of Mexican authors' thoughts on writing, including works by Carlos Fuentes, Bernardo de Balbuena, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Octavio Paz, Elena Pon...
| Other Authors: | Peden, Margaret Sayers. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Antonio, Tex. :
Trinity University Press,
[2007]
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| Physical Description: |
xii, 210 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series: |
Writer's world (San Antonio, Tex.)
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Table of contents Publisher description |
| Summary: |
"Ranging from the literature of colonialism and conquest to a contemporary look at Mexican life and letters, the book presents a cross-section of Mexican authors' thoughts on writing, including works by Carlos Fuentes, Bernardo de Balbuena, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Octavio Paz, Elena Poniatowska, and others"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: |
"Ranging from the literature of colonialism and conquest to a contemporary look at Mexican life and letters, the book presents a cross-section of Mexican authors' thoughts on writing, including works by Carlos Fuentes, Bernardo de Balbuena, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Octavio Paz, Elena Poniatowska, and others"--Provided by publisher. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. An account, much abbreviated, of the destruction of the Indies / Bartolomé de las Casas -- In defense of poetry / Bernardo de Balbuena -- Response to Sor Filotea / Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz -- The Itching parrot / Jose Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi -- The Death of the Swan? / Enrique González Martínez -- Translation : The literary and the literal / Octavio Paz -- Selections / Rosario Castellanos -- Some thoughts on dramatic composition / Emilio Carballido -- Decalogue for a young writer / Carlos Fuentes -- Corporeal writing / Margo Glantz in conversation with Noé Jitrick -- A question mark engraved on my eyelids / Elena Poniatowska -- Poems / José Emilio Pacheco -- Dreaming a novel / Angeles Mastretta -- The lesson of the jaguar / Alberto Ruy Sánchez -- Daughter of the park / Carmen Boullosa -- The phases of the moon / Juan Villoro -- Quest / Ilan Stavans -- Crack Manifesto / Pedro Ángel Palou, Eloy Urroz, Ignacio Padilla, Ricardo Chávez Castañeda, Jorge Volpi -- Crack in three and a half chapters / Ignacio Padilla -- Of parasites, mutations, and plagues : notes on the art of the novel / Jorge Volpi. |
| Physical Description: |
xii, 210 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781595340283 1595340289 9781595340344 1595340343 |