Format:
213 S.
ISBN:
0838752330
Content:
Waldo Frank (1889-1967) was an American writer and intellectual who had a vision of cultural union between Anglo and Hispanic America. In an attempt to explain and evaluate this apocalyptic message, which Frank expounded for over forty years, Michael A. Ogorzaly first traces the making of Frank the prophet, then analyzes Frank's major writing on Hispanic themes
Content:
Ogorzaly's analysis moves from Virgin Spain (1926), the book that posed Spain as an example for the New World (thus guaranteeing Frank a hearing in Latin America), to Cuba: Prophetic Island (1961), which saw Castro's revolution as the beginning of the realization of Frank's prophecy of hemispheric unity. The present work exposes the teleological nature of Frank's message. Emphasizing the preeminence of Latin American spirituality vis-a-vis the materialism of the U.S., Frank's conclusions were based on Latin American self-evaluations
Content:
Ogorzaly's study shows that - at a time when mutual understanding was weak - Waldo Frank served as a cultural bridge between North and South
Note:
Teilw. zugl.: Paris, Univ. of Notre Dame, Diss.
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
Keywords:
Frank, Waldo David 1889-1967
;
Lateinamerika
;
Biografie
;
Hochschulschrift
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