{"product_id":"poetics-of-change-julio-ortega-9780292765085","title":"Poetics of Change: The New Spanish-American Narrative","description":"\u003cp\u003e Too often literary criticism is academic exercise rather than creative act. For the multifaceted Julio Ortega--respected poet, dramatist, and novelist in his own right--the act of criticism becomes profoundly creative, his incisive readings of the text far transcending the pedantry that may falsely pass for imagination, intelligence, and rigor. Nearly every Spanish-American writer of consequence, from Paz to Fuentes, Cort痙ar to Lezama Lima, has extolled Ortega's criticism as not merely a reflection but an essential part of the renaissance that took place in Spanish-American letters during the late twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoetics of Change\u003c\/i\u003e brings together Ortega's most penetrating and insightful analyses of the fiction of Borges, Fuentes, Garc? M疵quez, Carpentier, Rulfo, Cabrera Infante, and others responsible for great writing from Spanish America. Ortega concerns himself most with the semantic innovations of these masters of the modern narrative and their play with form, language, and the traditional boundaries of genre. Mapping their creative territory, he finds that the poetics of Spanish-American writing is that of a dynamically changing genre that has set exploration at its very heart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julio Ortega\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292765088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292765085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.91w x 0.63d","brand":"Julio Ortega","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45477214388479,"sku":"9780292765085","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_91c86a87-71ab-44f4-b955-b5e2209ec1e8.jpg?v=1715919363","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/poetics-of-change-julio-ortega-9780292765085","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}