On the Shoulder of Marti: Cuban Literature of the Angolan War FROM THE PUBLISHER
Fiction and poetry dealing with the painful years in Africa by the "Volunteer" forces sent over by Castro to help defeat the "reactionary" regimen in Angola - laced together by Burness' narrative of past and present wars and rebellion. One must understand the particular qualities of Cuban and Angolan landscapes to appreciate the literary harvest that has been produced.
FROM THE CRITICS
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Wilkinson (Scandinavian and comparative literature, U. of Texas- Austin) traces the reception and popularization of several key doctrines of Swedenborg in French literature and popular culture of the late 18th and 19th centuries. He focuses on the doctrine of correspondences, challenging Foucault's assertion that during that period it was a complete break with representation. Instead, he says, it was related to the taxonomic structures of natural history and part of an effort to understand society in terms of an ordered and controllable totality. Parts of the book have been published as journal articles. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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