The uses of failure in Mexican literature and identity
Ochoa, John A. 1967-
The uses of failure in Mexican literature and identity [electronic resource] / by John A. Ochoa. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004. - x, 244 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-232) and index.
Education and entropy in Bernal Diaz del Castillo's War to stop time -- Compromised free markets in El Periquillo Sarniento : teachers, albureros, and other shouters -- Alexander von Humboldt's work on Mexico : cultural allegory, and the limits of vision -- Jose Vasconcelos and the necessities of failure -- The threats of collapse in Cambio de piel (or Fuentes the frail) -- Guillermo Gomez-Pena : bordering on madness and performing liminality -- General Santa Anna's leg and other failings.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Mexican prose literature--History and criticism.
Failure (Psychology) in literature.
National characteristics, Mexican, in literature.
Literature and history--Mexico.
Mexico--Historiography.
Electronic books.
PQ7207.N37 / O34 2004
860.9/353
The uses of failure in Mexican literature and identity [electronic resource] / by John A. Ochoa. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004. - x, 244 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-232) and index.
Education and entropy in Bernal Diaz del Castillo's War to stop time -- Compromised free markets in El Periquillo Sarniento : teachers, albureros, and other shouters -- Alexander von Humboldt's work on Mexico : cultural allegory, and the limits of vision -- Jose Vasconcelos and the necessities of failure -- The threats of collapse in Cambio de piel (or Fuentes the frail) -- Guillermo Gomez-Pena : bordering on madness and performing liminality -- General Santa Anna's leg and other failings.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Mexican prose literature--History and criticism.
Failure (Psychology) in literature.
National characteristics, Mexican, in literature.
Literature and history--Mexico.
Mexico--Historiography.
Electronic books.
PQ7207.N37 / O34 2004
860.9/353