Fictions of excess and sacrifice: Roberto Bolaño, Marcelo Mirisola and William Burroughs

This paper aims to consider the fundamental relationship between melancholy and trauma in today’s artistic and literary life, and to stress the role of sacrifice as a ritual which has been inscribed in the creation process since Modernity. These contemporary frames for aesthetic invention may be pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ângela Maria Dias
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense 2010-06-01
Series:Gragoatá
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Online Access:http://www.gragoata.uff.br/index.php/gragoata/article/view/186