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CHAPTER V: MORALITY AND DOUBLE STANDARDS: CANTAR DE CIEGOS.

A literary criticism of the book "Cantar de ciegos," by Carlos Fuentes is presented. It explains an analysis that suggests that the characters in the stories from the book suffer from psychological and moral blindness. It describes characters which exemplify the blindness of extreme naiveté, of inse...

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Published in:Lifting The Obsidian Mask: The Artistic Vision of Carlos Fuentes pp. 78 - 95
Main Author: Gyurko, Lanin A.
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Digitalia Publishing Corp. 2007
Subjects:
Criticism
Cantar de ciegos (Book)
Fuentes, Carlos, 1928-2012
Ethics
Psychology
Literary characters
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:A literary criticism of the book "Cantar de ciegos," by Carlos Fuentes is presented. It explains an analysis that suggests that the characters in the stories from the book suffer from psychological and moral blindness. It describes characters which exemplify the blindness of extreme naiveté, of insensitivity and of self-delusion. An overview of the stories is also given.