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Prophet in the wilderness : The works of Ezekiel Martinez Estrada / Peter G. Earle

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Earle, Peter G

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press , c1971Description: 254 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

0-292-70107-1

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DDC classification:

LAS 860 EAR

Summary: A universal test of great writers is the quality of their response to the human dilemma. Prophet in the Wilderness traces the development of that response in the works of the Argentine writer Ezequiel Martinez Estrada, from the first ambitious poems to its definitive expression in the essays and short stories. His theme is progressive disillusionment, in history and in personal experience, both of which are interpreted in his work as accumulations of error. Modern civilization, he believes, has created many more problems than it has solved. Like Schopenhauer, Freud, and Spengler, the three thinkers who influenced him most, Martinez Estrada found in real events and circumstances all the symbols of disenchantment.

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Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS 860 EAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		033145

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A universal test of great writers is the quality of their response to the human dilemma. Prophet in the Wilderness traces the development of that response in the works of the Argentine writer Ezequiel Martinez Estrada, from the first ambitious poems to its definitive expression in the essays and short stories. His theme is progressive disillusionment, in history and in personal experience, both of which are interpreted in his work as accumulations of error. Modern civilization, he believes, has created many more problems than it has solved. Like Schopenhauer, Freud, and Spengler, the three thinkers who influenced him most, Martinez Estrada found in real events and circumstances all the symbols of disenchantment.

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