Idle Fictions: The Hispanic Vanguard Novel, 1926-1934

Abstract

Preface to the Paperback Edition ix Introduction xi Part 1: Criticism 1. The Vanguard Novel as a Discursive Category 3 2. A Pneumatic Aesthetics 40 Part 2: Novels 3. Closed World 67 4. Decharacterization 81 5. From Palimpsest to Pastiche 100 6. The Novel as Matrass 121 Conclusion: Hermes in and out of the Subway 139 Notes 143 Bibliography 154 Appendix: Vanguard Saints 169 Index 179