Alejo Carpentier’s Ballet Librettos: Eclectic Avant-gardism and Vicarious Spectatorship

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• Lester Tomé, Smith CollegeFollow

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Publication Source

Alejo Carpentier in Context

Inclusive Pages

140–153

Creation Date

2026

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Document Type

Book Chapter

Description

Book Abstract:

This book is for scholars and students of Latin American and Caribbean literature, and for a general audience familiar with the major novels of Alejo Carpentier. It contributes new perspectives on the marvelous real, magic realism, the Baroque, the international avant-garde, the Afro-Cuban movement, and Latin American music and dance

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Author's Accepted Manuscript