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BL
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946464
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b700834
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| Main Entry
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Ochoa, John A., (John Andres),1967-
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| Title & Author
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The uses of failure in Mexican literature and identity /\ by John A. Ochoa.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Austin :: University of Texas Press,, 2004.
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (x, 244 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0292797192
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: 9780292797192
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0292705735
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9780292705739
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-232) and index.
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| Contents
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Education and entropy in Bernal D?iaz del Castillo's War to stop time -- Compromised free markets in El Periquillo Sarniento : teachers, albureros, and other shouters -- Alexander von Humboldt's work on Mexico : cultural allegory, and the limits of vision -- Jos?e Vasconcelos and the necessities of failure -- The threats of collapse in Cambio de piel (or Fuentes the frail) -- Guillermo G?omez-Pe?na : bordering on madness and performing liminality -- General Santa Anna's leg and other failings.
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Failure (Psychology) in literature.
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Literature and history-- Mexico.
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Mexican prose literature-- History and criticism.
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National characteristics, Mexican, in literature.
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Failure (Psychology) in literature.
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Historiography.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- Spanish Portuguese.
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Literature and history.
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Mexican prose literature.
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National characteristics, Mexican, in literature.
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Nationale identiteit.
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Proza.
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Spaans.
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Mexico, Historiography.
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Mexico.
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| Dewey Classification
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860.9/353
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| LC Classification
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PQ7207.N37O34 2004eb
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18.33bcl
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