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Introduction: the U.S. South and Spanish America: neighboring spaces and the search for meaning in difficult pasts

The case of the fabricated facts: invented information and the problems of reconstructing the past in Absalom, Absalom! and the real life of Alejandro Mayta

To see or not to see: invisibility, clairvoyance, and re-visions of history in Invisible man and The house of the spirits

Paradise lost and regained: the old order and memory in the Miranda stories and Pedro Páramo

Conclusion: race and place in identity and history

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Index.

American fiction > Southern States > History and criticism.

Historical fiction, American > Southern States > History and criticism.

Literature and history > Southern States > History > 20th century.

Spanish American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.

Literature and history > Latin America > History > 20th century.

Historical fiction, Spanish American > History and criticism.

Literature, Comparative > American and Spanish American.

Literature, Comparative > Spanish American and American.

Southern States > In literature.

Latin America > In literature.