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Victoria Ocampo And Alfonso Reyes: Ulysses's Malady , Doris Meyer
Victoria Ocampo And Alfonso Reyes: Ulysses's Malady , Doris Meyer
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Ocampo (Argentina, 1890-1979) and Reyes (Mexico, 1889-1959) were arguably Latin America's most influential writers and cultural catalysts in the first half of the twentieth century. They met in Argentina in 1927 and their friendship and correspondence lasted until Reyes's death. Over three decades of private and public discourse, they articulated a similar vision of Latin American identity and its future potential. Because they were both internationally known—Ocampo as founder and director of the literary review SUR, and Reyes as a diplomat and intellectual leader—their ideas found resonance in the Americas and Europe. Two dramatic works they wrote before meeting, Ifigenia …
Style And S(T)Imulation: Popular Magazines, Or The Aestheticization Of Postsoviet Russia , Helena Goscilo
Style And S(T)Imulation: Popular Magazines, Or The Aestheticization Of Postsoviet Russia , Helena Goscilo
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
The new Postsoviet genre of the glossy magazine that inundated bookstalls and kiosks in Russia's urban centers served as both an advertisement for a life of luxury and an advice column on chic style. Conventionalized signs of affluence, models of beauty, "educational" articles on topics ranging from the history and significance of ties to correct behavior at a first-class restaurant filled the pages of magazines intended to provide an accelerated course in etiquette, appearance, and appurtenances for Russia's newly wealthy. The lessons in spending, demeanor, and taste emphasized moneyed visibility. Despite their differing emphases, popular magazines all shared the new-found …