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Loading... Pot Pourri: Whistlings of an Idler (1882)by Eugenio Cambaceres
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I was very disappointed in this novel. The author paints a sarcastic, caustic picture of society in Buenos Aires in the 1880s. The intensity of his invectives crossed some sort of line for me, moving from literature to nasty caricature. The intense negativity caused me to tune out any socio-political substance. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Eugenio Cambaceres was the first to introduce the naturalist manner of Emile Zola. to Argentinean literature in the late nineteenth century. The work of Cambaceres, a. precursor to the contemporary Argentinean novel, is crucial for an understanding of. the period of consolidation of Argentina, the formation of a national identity, and. especially for the role of the intellectual during that transition. This gereation. theoretically and methodically built up a literature with features of its own,. stressing the cultural primacy of Buenos Aires par excellence, to enhance the. evolution of the co No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)863.5Literature Spanish and Portuguese Spanish fiction 19th century 1800–1900LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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