1st Edition

Corpse Encounters in Spanish and Latin American Narrative Fiction Tantos muertos

By Glen S. Close Copyright 2027
208 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Corpse Encounters in Spanish and Latin American Narrative Fiction: Tantos muertos takes a historically and geographically broad view to argue for the central significance of corpses in modern and contemporary Spanish and Latin American narrative fiction. It offers critical readings of 20 novels and short stories from nine countries to show how modern and contemporary prose fiction... Read more

1 Introduction  2 Spain  3 Argentina and Chile  4 Colombia  5 Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador and Brazil  6 Conclusion

Biography

Glen S. Close is Professor of Spanish at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of La imprenta enterrada. Arlt, Baroja y el imaginario anarquista (Beatriz Viterbo Editora, 2000), Contemporary Hispanic Crime Fiction. A Transatlantic Discourse on Urban Violence (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) and Female Corpses in Crime Fiction. A Transatlantic Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).