A Journey into the Mexican Past: Diego Cañedo, Follower of H. G. Wells
Palamás, Echevete y yo o el lago asfaltado (Palamás, Echevete and I or the asphalted lake), Mexican Diego Cañedo’s second novel (1945), elaborates the time travel to the Mexican past. The sci-fi theme of the novel sustains a social criticism, and imitates H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine plot. In this...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2022-01-01
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| Series: | Catedral Tomada: Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana |
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| Online Access: | http://catedraltomada.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/catedraltomada/article/view/480 |
| Summary: | Palamás, Echevete y yo o el lago asfaltado (Palamás, Echevete and I or the asphalted lake), Mexican Diego Cañedo’s second novel (1945), elaborates the time travel to the Mexican past. The sci-fi theme of the novel sustains a social criticism, and imitates H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine plot. In this essay, the sociocritical part of Cañedo’s work is studied, on one hand, because it seems to respond to the social problems of the period 1934-1946; and, on the other hand, because the relations established with Wells’ novel. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-0847 |