THE CORPUS DELICTI A MANUAL OF ARGENTINE FICTIONS by Josefina Ludmer, translated by Glen S. Close, Ludmer, Josefina. ISBN 9780822942283, 0822942283 instant download

THE CORPUS DELICTI A MANUAL OF ARGENTINE FICTIONS by Josefina Ludmer, translated by Glen S. Close, Ludmer, Josefina. ISBN 9780822942283, 0822942283 instant download

The Corpus Delicti Is A Manual Of Crime, A Compendium Of Crime Tales, And An Extended Meditation On The Central Role Of Crime In Literature, In Life, And In The Life Of The Nation. Beginning With An Excerpt From Karl Marx, And Characterizing Crime As A Critical Instrument That Both Defines And Constructs Culture, Ludmer Goes Far Beyond Understanding Crime And Detective Fiction As A Genre And Exposes How Literature - Both High Art And Mass Culture - Function As A Hypertext Of Social Reality. She Elucidates The Relationship Of Crime And Punishment To The Formation Of Law, The Body, And The Modern State.--jacket. Crime As A Critical Instrument -- The Stories Of The Corpus Delicti -- From Transgression To Crime. The Subjects Of The Liberal State : Stories Of Education And Marriage -- The Patricians And Their Autobiographical Stories Of Education -- The Dandies And Their Marriage Stories -- Physics Exam Stories : Insanity, Simulation, And Crime At The Colegio Nacional De Buenos Aires -- The Frontier Of Crime. Transmutation Operation Stories -- The Crime Of The Artist : Portrait Stories -- Coda -- The Moreiras. Argentine Stories -- The History Of A Best-seller : From Anarchism To Peronism. A Literary Genealogy In Crime By Way Of The Story Of The Submission Of The First Manuscript To The Master -- Women Who Kill. Stories Of Truth And Stories Of Jews. Stories Of Truth -- Stories Of Jews -- Conclusion. The Crime Story Of The Very Much Read. Josefina Ludmer ; Translated By Glen S. Close. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. \"The Corpus Delicti is a manual of crime, a compendium of crime tales, and an extended meditation on the central role of crime in literature, in life, and in the life of the nation. Beginning with an excerpt from Karl Marx, and characterizing \"crime\" as a critical instrument that both defines and constructs culture, Ludmer goes far beyond understanding crime and detective fiction as a genre and exposes how literature - both…