A Latin American existentialist ethos : modern Mexican literature and philosophy / Stephanie Merrim.

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"In order to engage a host of constituencies, this book translates into English all non-English material (except for obvious cognates and poetry, for which [the author] provide the original plus a literal prose translation)."--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234) and index.

Engaging existentialism: transformative possibilities and local agendas -- The Mexican existentialist ethos -- The seminal Mexican existentialism of Rodolfo Usigli's theater -- Excavating Comala: the existentialist Juan Rulfo, the Grupo Hiperi�on, and lo mexicano in Pedro P�aramo -- "Christs for all passions": Jos�e Revuelta's El luto humano [Human mourning] -- Rosario Castellanos's freedom.

"Examines twentieth-century Mexican literature and philosophy within the broad panorama of Latin American and European existentialisms"-- Provided by publisher.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translations -- Chapter One Engaging Existentialism: Transformative Possibilities and Local Agendas -- An Engaging Existentialism -- A Literature of Possibilities -- Mexican Platforms -- A Latin American Existentialist Ethos: Modern Mexican Literature and Philosophy -- Chapter Two The Mexican Existentialist Ethos -- Part One -- Movers and Shakers -- The Mexican Existentialist Arena -- Part Two -- Hiperi�on and Values -- Conclusion: Weaponizing Lo Mexicano? -- Chapter Three The Seminal Mexican Existentialism of Rodolfo Usigli's Theater

Existentializing Dynamics -- Philosophical Drives -- Political Drives -- From the Family to the Revolutionary Family -- The Mexican Existentialist Hero: Pragmatic Authenticity and Emilio Uranga's Zozobra -- Chapter Four Excavating Comala: The Existentialist Juan Rulfo, the Grupo Hiperi�on, and Lo Mexicano in Pedro P�aramo (1955) -- An Existentialist Rulfo? -- An Unresolved Past -- Excavating Lo Ind�igena -- Deep Mexico and Racial Politics -- Deep Magic: Finale -- Chapter Five "Christs for All Passions": Jos�e Revueltas's El luto humano [Human Mourning]

"Le daban duro con un palo y duro" [They struck him hard with a stick, so hard] (C�esar Vallejo, Poemas humanos, "Piedra negra sobre una piedra blanca") -- "Su cad�aver estaba lleno de mundo" [His corpse was full of world] (C�esar Vallejo, Espa�na, aparta de m�i este c�aliz, "III") -- "propensiones de trinidad" [propensities for trinity] (C�esar Vallejo, Trilce, "V") -- "�Ay la llaga en color de ropa antigua, / c�omo se entreabre y huele a miel quemada!" [Ay, wound in the color of ancient garb, how it opens just a bit and smells of burnt honey] (C�esar Vallejo, Los heraldos negros, "Absoluta")

"�Ah querer, �este, el m�io, �este, el mundial, / interhumano y parroquial ... !" [Ah to love, this, mine, this, the world's, interhuman and parochial] (C�esar Vallejo, Poemas humanos) -- "quiero / saber de estar siquiera" [I want at least to know about being here] (C�esar Vallejo, Trilce "XLIX") -- Chapter Six Rosario Castellanos's Freedom -- The Eternal Feminine -- Castellanos-Guerra-Sartre -- Simone-Jean-Paul-Olga -- Castellanos-Beauvoir-Sartre -- Coda: Mexican Mitsein -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

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