Every reader of literature interprets the literary text on the basis of information they have acquired from previous reading, and according to norms they have e

In this study, originally published in 1985, the author clarifies the concepts of magical realism and the fantastic, and establishes a series of guidelines that

Every reader of literature interprets the literary text on the basis of information they have acquired from previous reading, and according to norms they have e

Magical realism can lay claim to being one of most recognizable genres of prose writing. It mingles the probable and improbable, the real and the fantastic, and

This book follows the hybrid and contradictory history of magic realism through the writings of three key figures – art historian Franz Roh, novelist Alejo Ca