Ghosts, metaphor, and history in Toni Morrison's Beloved and Gabriel García Márquez's One hundred years of solitude

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August 29, 2025 | History

Ghosts, metaphor, and history in Toni Morrison's Beloved and Gabriel García Márquez's One hundred years of solitude

This study examines the complex relations between the figure of the ghost--the textual figure of metaphor and history--in Toni Morrison's Beloved and Gabriel Garcia Màrquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude.

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Palgrave Macmillan
Language
English
Pages
255

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Table of Contents

The spectral metaphor
Realizing absence in Beloved
Absenting presence in Beloved
Spectral and metaphorical domains in Beloved
Spectral excess and metaphorical supplementation in Beloved
Spectral and ideological figuration in the Eighteenth brumaire
Spectral history in One hundred years of solitude
Ideological mirages in One hundred years of solitude
Ideology, magical realism and metaphor in One hundred years of solitude
Conclusion : the unfinished business of the reader.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3563.O8749 B4345 2009, PN843-PN846PN3311-PN

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
255

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL18687695M
ISBN 10
0230613489
LCCN
2008030474
OCLC/WorldCat
235025554
LibraryThing
8597305
Goodreads
3931244

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL12499398W

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