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Product Description The Latin American novelist Manuel Puig is perhaps best known for his novel Kiss of the Spider Woman.The Necessary Dream provides an introduction to and interpretation of his seven novels written from 1968 to 1982. While each novel is given a separate chapter, the homogenious thread of attitudes and themes which touch on psychology, feminism, Argentine politics and popular culture, is clearly displayed.Contents: Introduction; 'La Vie est ailleurs':^R La traicin de Rita Hayworth (1968); 'The Rules of the Game':Boquitas pintadas (1969); 'The Divided Self':The Buenos Aires Affair (1973); 'The Kiss of Death':El beso de la mujer aran?a (1976); 'Only MakeBelieve':Pubis angelical (1979); 'Les Liaisons dangereuses':Maldicin eterna a quien lea estas pginas (1980); 'Life's a Dream':Sangre de amor correspondido (1982); Notes; Bibliography; Index Review This book makes a significant contribution to the study of Puig's work...a clearlywritten, brisklyargued book with notes that usefully refer to psychoanalytic theory and to the already considerable critical literature on Puig.>>>> (Times Higher Education Supplement)Bacarisse is a careful, passionate reader....The Necessary Dream is one of the best, most comprehensive examinations dedicated to the Argentine, an illuminating analysis to be...greatly appreciated.>>>> (Review Of Contemporary Fiction)Bacarisse is a careful, passionate reader....The Necessary Dream is one of the best, most comprehensive examinations dedicated to the Argentine, an illuminating analysis to be...greatly appreciated. (Review Of Contemporary Fiction)This book makes a significant contribution to the study of Puig's work...a clearlywritten, brisklyargued book with notes that usefully refer to psychoanalytic theory and to the already considerable critical literature on Puig. (Times Higher Education Supplement)
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