Literature of Catastrophe

Description:

"Through a study of literary representations of catastrophic figures, this book examines how nature and history intertwined during the violent aftermath of the Spanish American Wars of Independence"--

subjects: Romance literature,  Latin american fiction, history and criticism,  Catastrophical, the,  Diseases in literature,  War in literature,  Violence in literature,  Literature and society,  Latin america, history,  Modernism (literature),  Latin American fiction,  History and criticism,  Catastrophical, The, in literature,  Natural disasters in literature,  Environmental disasters in literature,  Epidemics in literature,  Political violence in literature,  History,  Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900