The magic lantern : a novel and novella /
Jos'e Tomas de Cu'ellar (1830-1894) was a Mexican writer noted for his sharp sense of humor and gift for caricature. Having a Ball and Christmas Eve are two novellas written in the costumbrista style, made popular in the mid-nineteenth century by the periodical press in which these sketche...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Spanish |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000
Oxford ; New York : Oxford, 2000 Oxford ; New York : 2000 Oxford ; New York : 2000 |
| Series: | Library of Latin America
Library of Latin America |
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| Summary: | Jos'e Tomas de Cu'ellar (1830-1894) was a Mexican writer noted for his sharp sense of humor and gift for caricature. Having a Ball and Christmas Eve are two novellas written in the costumbrista style, made popular in the mid-nineteenth century by the periodical press in which these sketches of contemporary manners were first published. The stories are a sensitive reflection of the effects of modernization brought by an authoritarian regime dedicated to order and progress. Christmas Eve describes a volatile middle class in which people pursue pleasure and entertainment without regard to morality. Having a Ball depicts women and their dedication to fashion. It is through them that Cuellar examines a society susceptible to foreign values, the importation of which radically altered the face of Mexico and its traditional customs Two "renderings of a Mexican society fast unraveling under the mounting influence of European culture."--Cover |
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| Physical Description: | xxxv, 166 p. : ill. ; 22 cm xxxv, 166 p. ; 22 cm xxxv, 166 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 0195115023 0195115031 (pbk.) 0195115031 9780195115024 9780195115031 (pbk.) 9780195115031 |