Julio Cortzar New Readings [Paperback]

A 1998 collection of essays on the Argentine writer Julio Cort?zar.The articles gathered here address the Argentine writer Julio Cortázar's oeuvre from a variety of critical positions. The intention has been to provide a reappraisal of Cortázar that will question received notions and assumptions regarding his works, and hence pave the way for an overarching revision of his place in Latin American letters. Although significantly different in their theoretical approach and style, the articles collectively manage to configure a Cortázar whose contours will both surprise and enlighten the reader.The articles gathered here address the Argentine writer Julio Cortázar's oeuvre from a variety of critical positions. The intention has been to provide a reappraisal of Cortázar that will question received notions and assumptions regarding his works, and hence pave the way for an overarching revision of his place in Latin American letters. Although significantly different in their theoretical approach and style, the articles collectively manage to configure a Cortázar whose contours will both surprise and enlighten the reader.The essays gathered here address the Argentine writer Julio Cortázar's oeuvre from a variety of critical positions and focus on several of his multifarious writings: poems, short stories, novels, and miscellanea. The intention has been to provide the space for a reappraisal of Cortázar that will question received notions and assumptions regarding his works, and hence pave the way for an overarching revision of his production and his place in Latin American letters. Although significantly different in their theoretical approach, style, and their point of insertion in Cortázar's oeuvre, the essays collectively manage to configure a Cortázar whose contours will both surprise and enlighten the reader.Introduction; To burn like this without surcease ... Carlos J. Alonsl32