The Campaign (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Carlos Fuentes
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Historical novel
- Time of Work: 1810-1821
- Setting: Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Venezuela, and Mexico
- Principal Characters: Baltasar Bustos, Ofelia Salamanca, Manuel Varela, Xavier Dorrego, Julian Rios, Anselmo Quintana
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction, Surrealist literature
- Subjects: Freedom, Ideology, Language or languages, Politics, Race, Sex or sexuality, Revolutions, Equality, Kidnapping, Idealism, Identity, South America or South Americans, Peru or Peruvians, Spain or Spanish people
- Locales: Peru, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Bolivia
Set during the exciting and tumultuous revolutionary years between 1810 and the early 1820’s, when Spanish America fought for its independence from Spain, The Campaign interweaves many connected stories and themes into an ingeniously complex novel.
The Campaign is the first volume of a trilogy about the era from 1810 to the Mexican Revolution of 1910, and it is about the beginnings of Spanish America’s quest for modern identity and self-definition. The novel is both a vigorous tale of action and a series of commentaries about the purpose of this action, about...
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See Also:
Carlos Fuentes (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Carlos Fuentes (Short Fiction)Carlos Fuentes (Long Fiction)Carlos Fuentes (Identities and Issues)
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