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The Self of the City
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Macedonio Fernández, the Argentine Avant-Garde, and Modernity in Buenos Aires
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Artikel-Nr:
9781611482300
Veröffentl:
2005
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.09.2005
Seiten:
220
Autor:
Todd S Garth
Gewicht:
522 g
Format:
244x166x19 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Todd S. Garth is assistant professor of Spanish at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Macedonio Fernandez (Argentinian, 1874 - 1952) is a critical figure in modern Latin American literature, mentor to Borges and precursor to the avant-garde. The Self of the City shows Macedonio's work to be a systematic effort to "save the city" from a modernity based on the fallacy of Descartes' autonomous self. Garth dismantles the myth of Macedonio, exposing Borges's role in creating it. Comparing Macedonio's work to that of the avant-garde, he reveals how Macedonio critiques the avant-garde's continued reliance on the self.