The spirit of carnival : magical realism and the grotesque /

The world of literature responds to the ""spirit of carnival"" in ways that are both social and cultural, mythological and archetypal. Literature provides a mirror in which carnival is reflected and refracted through the multifarious perspectives of verbal art. In his original, w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Danow, David K. (David Keevin), 1944- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky 2004.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt130hmp5
Table of Contents:
  • Literary manifestations
  • The carnivalesque-grotesque
  • Magical realism
  • Grotesque realism
  • Archetypal aspects.