2000, ISBN: 9780822324515

Harvard University Press & William Heinemann. Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. Boards are spotted and mottled. Former owner's name to ffep. Scholar's name to ffep (… mais…

Harvard University Press & William Heinemann. Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. Boards are spotted and mottled. Former owner's name to ffep. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Chipping to extremities of boards. ; Loeb Classical Library No. 232; 382 pages; <p> Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 <span class="era">BCE</span>–17 <span class="era">CE</span>), born at Sulmo, studied rhetoric and law at Rome. Later he did considerable public service there, and otherwise devoted himself to poetry and to society. Famous at first, he offended the emperor Augustus by his <i>Ars Amatoria,</i> and was banished because of this work and some other reason unknown to us, and dwelt in the cold and primitive town of Tomis on the Black Sea. He continued writing poetry, a kindly man, leading a temperate life. He died in exile.</p><p> Ovid's main surviving works are the <i>Metamorphoses,</i> a source of inspiration to artists and poets including Chaucer and Shakespeare; the <i>Fasti,</i> a poetic treatment of the Roman year of which Ovid finished only half; the <i>Amores,</i> love poems; the <i>Ars Amatoria,</i> not moral but clever and in parts beautiful; <i>Heroides,</i> fictitious love letters by legendary women to absent husbands; and the dismal works written in exile: the <i>Tristia,</i> appeals to persons including his wife and also the emperor; and similar <i>Epistulae ex Ponto.</i> Poetry came naturally to Ovid, who at his best is lively, graphic and lucid.</p><p> The Loeb Classical Library edition of Ovid is in six volumes.</p> ., Harvard University Press & William Heinemann, 1967, Duke University Press Books. Hardcover. 0822324512 New book ---Body of Writing: Figuring Desire in Spanish American Literature by Ren? Prieto (Hardcover - May 2000) -----"Original, witty and passionate, Body of Writing is sure to interest Hispanists and non-Hispanists alike. I can think of few Latin Americanists capable of producing readings as energetic and elegant as Prieto's."--Gustavo Perez Firmat, author of Next Year in Cuba and Life on the Hyphen "A most significant contribution to Spanish American literary criticism. Prieto is a gifted scholar with an unusual talent for reading texts."--William Luis, author of Dance Between Two Cultures: Latino Caribbean Literature Written in the United States "Body of Writing is the most advanced piece of criticism on Latin American literature available. Prieto's unique mixture of theoretical sophistication with elegance of mind and style makes him soar above today's cacophonous cackle. I know of no better critic of Latin American literature than him."--Roberto Gonzalez-Echevarria, author of Myth and Archive: A Theory of Latin American Narrative Product Description Body of Writing focuses on the traces that an author?s ?body? leaves on a work of fiction. Drawing on the work of six important Spanish American writers of the twentieth century, Ren? Prieto examines narratives that reflect?in differing yet ultimately complementary ways?the imprint of the author?s body, thereby disclosing insights about power, aggression, transgression, and eroticism. Healthy, invalid, lustful, and confined bodies?as portrayed by Julio Cort?zar, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez, Severo Sarduy, Rosario Castellanos, and Tununa Mercado?become evidence for Roland Barthes?s contention that works of fiction are ?anagrams of the body.? Claiming that an author?s intentions can be uncovered by analyzing ?the topography of a text,? Prieto pays particular attention not to the actions or plots of these writers? fiction but rather to their settings and characterizations. In the belief that bodily traces left on the page reveal the motivating force behind a writer?s creative act, he explores such fictional themes as camouflage, deterioration, defilement, entrapment, and subordination. Along the way, Prieto reaches unexpected conclusions regarding topics that include the relationship of the female body to power, male and female transgressive impulses, and the connection between aggression, the idealization of women, and anal eroticism in men. This study of how authors? longings and fears become embodied in literature will interest students and scholars of literary and psychoanalytic criticism, gender studies, and twentieth-century and Latin American literature. . New., Duke University Press Books<

2000, ISBN: 9780822324515

Duke University Press Books. Hardcover. 0822324512 New book ---Body of Writing: Figuring Desire in Spanish American Literature by Ren? Prieto (Hardcover - May 2000) -----"Original,… mais…

Duke University Press Books. Hardcover. 0822324512 New book ---Body of Writing: Figuring Desire in Spanish American Literature by Ren? Prieto (Hardcover - May 2000) -----"Original, witty and passionate, Body of Writing is sure to interest Hispanists and non-Hispanists alike. I can think of few Latin Americanists capable of producing readings as energetic and elegant as Prieto's."--Gustavo Perez Firmat, author of Next Year in Cuba and Life on the Hyphen "A most significant contribution to Spanish American literary criticism. Prieto is a gifted scholar with an unusual talent for reading texts."--William Luis, author of Dance Between Two Cultures: Latino Caribbean Literature Written in the United States "Body of Writing is the most advanced piece of criticism on Latin American literature available. Prieto's unique mixture of theoretical sophistication with elegance of mind and style makes him soar above today's cacophonous cackle. I know of no better critic of Latin American literature than him."--Roberto Gonzalez-Echevarria, author of Myth and Archive: A Theory of Latin American Narrative Product Description Body of Writing focuses on the traces that an author?s ?body? leaves on a work of fiction. Drawing on the work of six important Spanish American writers of the twentieth century, Ren? Prieto examines narratives that reflect?in differing yet ultimately complementary ways?the imprint of the author?s body, thereby disclosing insights about power, aggression, transgression, and eroticism. Healthy, invalid, lustful, and confined bodies?as portrayed by Julio Cort?zar, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez, Severo Sarduy, Rosario Castellanos, and Tununa Mercado?become evidence for Roland Barthes?s contention that works of fiction are ?anagrams of the body.? Claiming that an author?s intentions can be uncovered by analyzing ?the topography of a text,? Prieto pays particular attention not to the actions or plots of these writers? fiction but rather to their settings and characterizations. In the belief that bodily traces left on the page reveal the motivating force behind a writer?s creative act, he explores such fictional themes as camouflage, deterioration, defilement, entrapment, and subordination. Along the way, Prieto reaches unexpected conclusions regarding topics that include the relationship of the female body to power, male and female transgressive impulses, and the connection between aggression, the idealization of women, and anal eroticism in men. This study of how authors? longings and fears become embodied in literature will interest students and scholars of literary and psychoanalytic criticism, gender studies, and twentieth-century and Latin American literature. . New., Duke University Press Books<

ISBN: 9780822324515

"Body of Writing" focuses on the traces that an author's "body" leaves on a work of fiction. Drawing on the work of six important Spanish American writers of the twent… mais…

"Body of Writing" focuses on the traces that an author's "body" leaves on a work of fiction. Drawing on the work of six important Spanish American writers of the twentieth century, Rene Prieto examines narratives that reflect--in differing yet ultimately complementary ways--the imprint of the author's body, thereby disclosing insights about power, aggression, transgression, and eroticism. Healthy, invalid, lustful, and confined bodies--as portrayed by Julio Cortazar, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Severo Sarduy, Rosario Castellanos, and Tununa Mercado--become evidence for Roland Barthes's contention that works of fiction are "anagrams of the body." Claiming that an author's intentions can be uncovered by analyzing "the topography of a text," Prieto pays particular attention not to the actions or plots of these writers' fiction but rather to their settings and characterizations. In the belief that bodily traces left on the page reveal the motivating force behind a writer's creative act, he explores such fictional themes as camouflage, deterioration, defilement, entrapment, and subordination. Along the way, Prieto reaches unexpected conclusions regarding topics that include the relationship of the female body to power, male and female transgressive impulses, and the connection between aggression, the idealization of women, and anal eroticism in men. This study of how authors' longings and fears become embodied in literature will interest students and scholars of literary and psychoanalytic criticism, gender studies, and twentieth-century and Latin American literature. Body of Writing-CL Prieto, Rene / Rene Prieto / Prieto, Duke University Press<