Spaces of madness : insane asylums in Argentine narrative / Eunice Rojas.

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Rojas, Eunice

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text

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computer

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online resource

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9780739190876
0739190873

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Spaces of Madness : Insane Asylums in Argentine Narrative.DDC classification:

860.9/982 23

LOC classification:

PQ7622.M46

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Contents:

Early asylums: Manuel Podestá, Horacio Quiroga, and Roberto Arlt -- The asylum in the works of Julio Cortázar and Adolfo Bioy Casares -- The schizophrenic machine in Ricardo Piglia's Asylum -- Luisa Valenzuela's Passage through the asylum -- Juan José Saer's Committed detective -- The Asylum as Juan José Saer's Argentine founding myth -- The poet as patient: the literary life of Jacobo Fijman.

Summary: Spaces of Madness examines the role of the insane asylum in Argentine prose works published between 1889 and 2011. The authors studied in Spaces of Madness include Manuel T. Podestá, Roberto Arlt, Leopoldo Marechal, Julio Cortázar, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Juan José Saer, Abelardo Castillo, Ricardo Piglia, and Luisa Valenzuela.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Spaces of Madness examines the role of the insane asylum in Argentine prose works published between 1889 and 2011. The authors studied in Spaces of Madness include Manuel T. Podestá, Roberto Arlt, Leopoldo Marechal, Julio Cortázar, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Juan José Saer, Abelardo Castillo, Ricardo Piglia, and Luisa Valenzuela.

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