Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations)

Ellison And García Márquez: Nostalgia And The Destruction Of Text / Michael G. Cooke -- The Dark Side Of Magic Realism: Science, Oppression, And Apocalypse In One Hundred Years Of Solitude / Brian Conniff -- The History Of Macondo / Gene H. Bell-villada -- Gabriel García Márquez: Cien Años De Soledad / James Higgins -- Someone Writes To The Future: Meditations On Hope And Violence In García Márquez / Ariel Dorfman -- The Cervantean Turn: One Hundred Years Of Solitude / Michael Bell -- Is García Márquez The Colombian Faulkner? / Florence Delay And Jacqueline De Labriolle -- Making And Unmaking Gabriel García Márquez: One Hundred Years Of Solitude / André Brink -- Apathy And The Politics Of Identity: García Márquez's One Hundred Years Of Solitude And Contemporary Cultural Criticism / John Krapp -- Advancing In The Opposite Direction From Reality: Magical Realism, Alchemy, And One Hundred Years Of Solitude / Shannin Schroeder. Edited And With An Introduction By Harold Bloom. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 221-223) And Index. Contents......Page 6 Editor's Note......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 Ellison and García Márquez......Page 14 The Dark Side of Magical Realism......Page 34 The History of Macondo......Page 48 Gabriel García Márquez......Page 72 Someone Writes to the Future......Page 90 The Cervantean Turn......Page 108 Is García Márquez the Colombian Faulkner?......Page 136 Making and Unmaking......Page 156 Apathy and the Politics of Identity......Page 178 "Advancing in the Opposite Direction from Reality"......Page 202 Chronology......Page 224 Contributors......Page 228 Bibliography......Page 230 Acknowledgments......Page 234 Index......Page 236 Includes essays that explore the nuances of the author's fictive world. This study guide features an introductory essay by scholar Harold Bloom, notes on the contributors, and reference features such as a chronology, bibliography, and index. Collects ten critical essays on Gabriel García Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude;" and includes a chronology of the author's life and works along with a bibliography, notes, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom Since its publication in 1967, One Hundred Years of Solitude has sold more than 20 million copies and earned its author, Gabriel Garc©Ưa M©Łrquez, a host of awards, including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. Presents a collection of critical essays about Marquez's, "One hundred years of solitude."