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Article: Magical Realism: Theory, History, Community.(Brief Article)
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- The Review of Contemporary Fiction
- Article date:
- September 22, 1996
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Lois Parkinson Zamora and Wendy B. Faris, eds. Duke Univ. Press, 1995. 580 pp. Paper: $23.00.
This collection of new and old essays is a necessary, valuable text. It refuses to allow the term magical realism to be a cliche for South American fiction written in the last decades. It suggests that magical realism--a phrase used in 1925 by the German art critic Franz Roh--deserves a thorough, philosophical exploration. What exactly is "magic"? What exactly is "real"? The various theoretical essays grapple with the paradoxical phrase; and although these do not arrive at a final ...
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Article: Magical Realism: Theory, History, Community.
World Literature Today;
June 22, 1996 ;
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... ... whereas those in "Community" suggest overall that "magical realism, in contrast to the realism upon which it builds, may ... metaphysics, politics, and poetics of the authors examined. Magical Realism: Theory, History, Community is a fascinating read for ...
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