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Item Details
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THE MAGIC LANTERN
"HAVING A BALL" AND "CHRISTMAS EVE" |
| By: |
Jose Tomas De Cuellar, Margaret Carson (Trans), Margo Glantz (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£24.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195115023 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195115024 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 2000 |
| Series: |
Library of Latin America |
| Pages: |
208 |
| Translated from: |
Spanish |
| Description: |
These two novellas are written in the costumbrista style, made popular in the mid-19th century by the periodical press in which these sketches of contemporary manners were first published. The stories are a sensitive reflection of the effects of modernization brought by an authoritarian regime. |
| Synopsis: |
Jose Tomas de Cuellar (1830-1894) was a Mexican writer noted for his sharp sense of humor and gift for caricature. Having a Ball and Christmas Eve are two novellas written in the costumbrista style, made popular in the mid-nineteenth century by the periodical press in which these sketches of contemporary manners were first published. The stories are a sensitive reflection of the effects of modernization brought by an authoritarian regime dedicated to order and progress. Christmas Eve describes a volatile middle class in which people pursue pleasure and entertainment without regard to morality. Having a Ball depicts women and their dedication to fashion. It is through them that Cuellar examines a society susceptible to foreign values, the importation of which radically altered the face of Mexico and its traditional customs." |
| Illustrations: |
11 line illustrations, 2 halftones |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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