Guillermo Cabrera Infante | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 19 pages of analysis & critique of Guillermo Cabrera Infante.

Guillermo Cabrera Infante | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 19 pages of analysis & critique of Guillermo Cabrera Infante.
This section contains 4,608 words
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SOURCE: "Mirrors and Metamorphosis: Lewis Carroll's Presence in Tres tristes tigres," in Hispania, Vol 62, No. 3, May-September, 1979, pp. 297-303.

In the following essay, Siemens discusses Cabrera Infante's use of literary devices in Tres Tristes Tigres that are similar to those employed by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland.

In an interview with Emir Rodriguez Monegal, Guillermo Cabrera Infante indicates the way in which he has incorporated subtle allusions to the works of Lewis Carroll into Tres tristes tigres: "Hay un momento en Tres tristes tigres, en el final, en 'Bachata,' en que Cué y Silvestre contemplan una tempestad eléctrica tropical y Silvestre—que es el que se supone que sea mi alter ego en el libro—dice que parece un homenaje a un 4 de julio olvidado…. Por supuesto … que el 4 de julio de 1862 fue cuando Lewis Carroll, cuando el reverendo Dodgson … se fue de picnic con [Alicia...

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