4 The Instant Canonization of a Bakhtinian Symphony

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Prependix 1
5. 1 Latin America`s New Historical Novel 14
6. 2 Mario Vargas Llosa`s War on Fanaticism 39
7. 3 Abel Posse`s Denunciation of Power 64
8. 4 The Instant Canonization of a Bakhtinian Symphony 81
9. 5 The Bolivar Quartette, or Varieties of Historical Fiction 95
10. 6 Bending the Ruled, or The Art of Subversion 125
11. 7 Over Two Thousand Years of Exile and Marginality — The Jewish Latin American Historical Novel 138
12. 8 La campaña by Carlos Fuentes 163
13. Notes 187
14. Bibliography 209
15. Index 223