On Becoming Velazquez: Carlos Fuentes7 The Hydra Head

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Editors' Introduction vii
4. History and Myth in the Narrative of Carlos Fuentes 1
5. Los dias enmascarados and Cantor de ciegos: Reading the Stories and Reading the Books 18
6. The Making of La region mas transparente: 1949-1974 34
7. La muerte de Artemio Cruz and Citizen Kane: A Comparative Analysis 64
8. Theme and System in Carlos Fuentes' Aura 95
9. The Wounded Vision: Aum, Zona sagrada, and Cumpleanos 106
10. A Change of Skin and the Shaping of a Mexican Time 121
11. Terra Nostra: Theory and Practice 132
12. On Becoming Velazquez: Carlos Fuentes7 The Hydra Head 146
13. Forking Paths, Infinite Novels, Ultimate Narrators 156
14. Dolls and Puppets as Wish-Fulfillment Symbols in Carlos Fuentes 173
15. Carlos Fuentes as Dramatist 184
16. Carlos Fuentes as an Art Critic 193
17. Some Remarks on the Literary Criticism of Carlos Fuentes 200
18. Chronology 217
19. Notes on Contributors 219