1st Edition

Questions of the Liminal in the Fiction of Julio Cortazar

By Domenic Moran Copyright 2000
276 Pages
by Routledge

261 Pages
by Routledge

The great Argentinian writer Julio Cortazar (1914-84) was immersed in one of the most vibrant and revolutionary intellectual scenes of the last century, the Paris of the 1950s and 60s. Yet his often highly cerebral work has never received the close philosophical attention it deserves. Moran's book fills this critical lacuna. Rather than indiscriminately applying 'theory' to Cortazar, it aims to... Read more
Introduction; 1: Rayuela and the Re-righting of Metaphysics; 2: Frames of the Text; 3: Sexual Extremes; 4: The Limits of Science and the Horizons of Man; Conclusion

Biography

Domenic Moran