The Necessary Dream: Study of the Novels of Manuel Puig
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Necessary Dream: Study of the Novels of Manuel Puig
By (Author) Pamela Bacarisse
University of Wales Press
University of Wales Press
2nd March 1989
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
863
Physical Properties
Hardback
320
Width 140mm, Height 220mm
Description
Manuel Puig is one of the great talents of the so-called 'Post-Boom' in Latin-American literature. Well known for his Kiss of the Spider Woman (El beso de la mujer araa), Puig has achieved success with his novels and plays both in academic circles and with the general public. This is the first book in English to present an interpretation of all seven of his novels. Each novel is discussed in a separate chapter and the homogeneity behind the varying formats is analysed to indicate common themes and attitudes, with recourse to fields such as psychology, feminism, Argentine politics, myth, Camp and popular culture.
The book is aimed at students and teachers of Latin-American literature. All quotations are given in Spanish with an English translation.
Author Bio
Since 1989, Pamela Bacarisse has been Professor of Spanish, Latin American, and peninsular Portuguese literature in the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures of the University of Pittsburgh. In 1992, she was elected Chair of the Department. She is the author of Impossible Choices: Implications of the Cultural References in the Novels of Manuel Puig (1993).
