Modern Death in Irish and Latin American Literature
Author | : Jacob L. Bender |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2020-09-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783030509392 |
ISBN-13 | : 3030509397 |
Rating | : 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Download or read book Modern Death in Irish and Latin American Literature written by Jacob L. Bender and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comparative literature study explores how writers from across Ireland and Latin America have, both in parallel and in concert, deployed symbolic representations of the dead in their various anti-colonial projects. In contrast to the ghosts and revenants that haunt English and Anglo-American letters—where they are largely either monstrous horrors or illusory frauds—the dead in these Irish/Latinx archives can serve as potential allies, repositories of historical grievances, recorders of silenced voices, and disruptors of neocolonial discourse.