Displacement in Isabel Allende’s Fiction, 1982–2000
Regular price
€61.50
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
1982-2000
A01=Mel Boland
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Mel Boland
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=AB
Category=DB
Category=DSB
Category=GTM
Category=JBSF
Category=JF
COP=Switzerland
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_art-fashion-photography
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Language_English
PA=Available
Price_€50 to €100
PS=Active
softlaunch
Product details
- ISBN 9783034309325
- Weight: 330g
- Dimensions: 150 x 225mm
- Publication Date: 04 Apr 2013
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
This book explores the concept of displacement in the fiction produced by the Chilean writer Isabel Allende between 1982 and 2000. Displacement, understood in the author’s analysis to encompass social, geographical, linguistic and cultural phenomena, is argued to play a consistently central role in Allende’s fictional output of this period. Close readings of Allende’s texts illustrate the abiding importance of displacement and reconcile two apparently contradictory trends in her writing: as the settings of her fiction have become more international, questions of individual identity have gained in importance. This discussion employs displacement as a means of engaging with critical debates both on Allende’s individual texts and on her status as an original writer. After examining in detail the seven works of fiction written by Allende during this period, the book concludes with reflections on the general trajectory of her work in this genre.
Mel Boland is a lecturer in Spanish and linguistics at the National University of Ireland, Galway, where he is also director of the MA in translation studies. He previously worked as a senior tutor in Spanish and linguistics at University College Dublin. He has published on Isabel Allende and on the intersection of language and education policy in Bolivia.
