Preface and Acknowledgment

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface and Acknowledgment ix
4. INTRODUCTION Killer Booh: Writerd, Writing, and Ethicd in Spanidh America 1
5. PART I Abuses
6. CHAPTER 1 Writing and Child Abode in Manuel Gutierrez Najera's "La bija del aire" 25
7. CHAPTER 2 Silvina's Fall: Manuel Zeno Gandia's Epicurean Ethics of Writing in La charca 47
8. CHAPTER 3 Ifigenia's Choice: Teresa de la Parra's Demonic Option 67
9. PART II Admonitions
10. CHAPTER 4 From Fiction to Fiction: Ethical Chain Reactions in Jorge Luis Borges's "The Garden of Forking Paths" 87
11. CHAPTER 5 Ethics and Theatricality in Alejo Carpentier's The Harp and the Shadow 105
12. CHAPTER 6 Shared Guilt: Writing ad Crime in Julio Cortazar's "Press Clippings" 123
13. Noted 143
14. Bibliography 163
15. Index 173