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Bestselling novels by Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and a multitude of others have enchanted us by blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Their genre of writing has been variously defined as 'magic', 'magical' or 'marvellous' realism and is quickly becoming a core area of literary studies. This guide offers a first step for those wishing to consider this area in greater depth, by:
- exploring the many definitions and terms used in relation to the genre
- tracing the origins of the movement in painting and fiction
- offering an historical overview of the contexts for magic(al) realism
- providing analysis of key works of magic(al) realist fiction, film and art.
This is an essential guide for those interested in or studying one of today's most popular genres.
- Sales Rank: #528180 in Books
- Published on: 2004-11-06
- Released on: 2004-09-23
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.79" h x .37" w x 5.07" l, .41 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 160 pages
Review
'[Bower's] overall purpose is "to guide the non-expert through the minefield of terms, to identify the origins of the terms and concepts in art, literature and film and to introduce readers to a range of innovative and engaging fictions". All of this she achieves: the text is easily understood without being simplistic, and the glossary, though short, is clear and very helpful.' British Bulletin of Publications
'What renders Bower's Magic(al) Realism such a valuable and comprehensive introduction is that in addition to literature, she also considers artefacts from other fields of cultural production ... Bower's analysis of magical realism also proves exceptional in that she repeatedly draws attention to the importance of the cultural location of the audience in receiving a work as magic realist.' - Wasafiri
About the Author
Maggie Ann Bowers teaches American and Canadian literature at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. She has published numerous articles on contemporary American and Canadian authors, and is the co-editor of Convergences and Interferences (2002).
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
A good survey and introduction
By R. M. Peterson
I normally shy away from anything having to do with literary theory, but, intending to read several of the novels of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, when I saw this brief work in a bookstore I bought and read it on a flyer. It turned out to be surprisingly good and useful.
Bowers presents and discusses three distinct variants -- magic realism, magical realism, and marvellous realism -- and she does so without undue pedantry. She also distinguishes magic(al) realism from surrealism, the fantastic, and science fiction. By way of illustration and application of its theoretrical principles, the book contains relatively extended and constructive discussions of works of, inter alia, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende (principally "The House of Spirits"), Salman Rushdie (mainly "Midnight's Children"), Toni Morrison (chiefly "Beloved"), Gunther Grass ("The Tin Drum"), and Maxine Hong Kingston.
To my mind, there still is some nonsense -- although much of it undoubtedly is that of other literary theorists/critics whom Bowers is obliged to cover in this survey work. Thankfully, the book is relatively light on (although not entirely free of) the dense and syntactically tortured academic jargon that pervades so much literary theory and criticism. (An example, which Bowers unfortunately and unhelpfully quotes: "Magic realist works * * * bear witness to their liberation from a teleological and homogeneous historical discourse and to an acceptance of postcolonial heterogeneity with regard to historiography and to myth." Why does anyone who wishes to be read write like that? More baffling, why does anyone publish such stuff?)
I can recommend MAGIC(AL) REALISM to any lay reader interested in the literary construct(s) at issue or as background for someone about to embark on a serious reading/study of authors such as Garcia Marquez, Allende, Rushdie, and Grass.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
An enlightening experience
By Kjell Torbiorn
Perhaps because someone knew of my fascination with Kafka he gave me a copy of Maggie Ann Bowers' "MAGIC(AL) REALISM: the New Critical Idiom". It was an enlightening experience. The text examines the nearly worldwide occurrence of "magic realism" or "magical realism" (both terms continue to compete) in literature and art across the globe. From the Latin America of Gabriel García Márquez to the India of Salman Rushdie to the Germany of Günter Grass (where the term was first used) to the Britain of Harry Potter and to contemporary films like Woody Allen's "Scoop", magic(al) realism - that is, the mingling or rather fusion of the real and the surreal - seems so to permeate modern literature and art that Bowers' book appears if anything long overdue. In her analysis she takes us across decades, continents and art forms in a book that is a `must' for any student of modern world culture and of the magic that seems to bind us all, whether artists/authors or readers, together.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Great for understanding the field
By Marco Estrada
This was a real find because it helped me understand the background to magic(al) realism and provided good food for thought about where it is going next.
I like the way the author shows the links between the painters, writers and film makers in particular.
There are some fun surprises, such as finding that Paddington Bear has his magic(al) realist side!
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