Product Description

This invaluable handbook, provides clear definitions and distinctions between the terms and helps to navigate the complexities of magic, magical and marvellous realism within art and literary criticism.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #153025 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Review
'What renders Bower's Magic(al) Realism such a valuable and comprehensive introduction is that in addition to literature, she also considers artefacts from other fields of cultural production ... Bower's analysis of magical realism also proves exceptional in that she repeatedly draws attention to the importance of the cultural location of the audience in receiving a work as magic realist.' - Wasafiri

From the Back Cover
Bestselling novels by Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and a multitude of others have enchanted us by blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Their genre of writing has been variously defined as 'magic', or 'magical' realism. Maggie Anne Bowers considers this area in greater depth by:
*exploring the many definitions and terms used in relation to the genre
*tracing the origins of the movement in painting and fiction
*analyzing key works of magic(al) realist fiction, film and art.

About the Author
Maggie Ann Bowers teaches American and Canadian literature at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. She has published numerous articles on contemporary American and Canadian authors, and is the co-editor of Convergences and Interferences (2002).

Customer Reviews

Magic(al) Realism
This is one of the most informative books on Magical Realism and it is easy to read. The term magical realism is difficult and confusing to understand and this book clearly explains the history of the terms magic realism, marvellous realism and magical realism and relates these terms to contemporary magical realist writers like Angela Carter, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Salman Rushdie and discusses the political aspects of the term. This book is a must if you want to know about magical realism.