Modern Latin American Literature
Modern Latin American Literature

Author: Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2012-01-24

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 0199754918

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This Very Short Introduction provides an overview of Latin American literature from the late eighteenth century to the present. Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria covers a wide range of topics, highlighting how Latin American literature became conscious of its continental scope and international reach in moments of political crisis, such as independence from Spain, the Spanish-American War, and the Mexican and Cuban revolutions. With this narrative, the author discusses major writers ranging from Andres Bello and Jose Maria Heredia through Borges and Garcia Marquez to Fernando Vallejo and Roberto Bolano.

Colonial Latin American Literature
Colonial Latin American Literature

Author: Rolena Adorno

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2011-11-04

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 0199755027

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An account of the literature of the Spanish-speaking Americas from the time of Columbus to Latin American Independence, this book examines the origins of colonial Latin American literature in Spanish, the writings and relationships among major literary and intellectual figures of the colonial period, and the story of how Spanish literary language developed and flourished in a new context. Authors and works have been chosen for the merits of their writings, their participation in the larger debates of their era, and their resonance with readers today.

Spanish Literature: A Very Short Introduction
Spanish Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Jo Labanyi

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2010-08-26

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0199208050

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This title explores the rich literary history of Spain which resonates with contemporary debates on transnationalism and cultural diversity. It introduces readers to the ways in which Spanish literature has been read in and outside Spain explaining misconceptions, outlining insights of scholarship and suggesting new readings.

Latin American Fiction
Latin American Fiction

Author: Phillip Swanson

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-04-15

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1405140852

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This book introduces readers to the evolution of modern fiction in Spanish-speaking Latin America. Presents Latin American fiction in its cultural and political contexts. Introduces debates about how to read this literature. Combines an overview of the evolution of modern Latin American fiction with detailed studies of key texts. Discusses authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Isabel Allende. Covers nation-building narratives, ‘modernismo’, the New Novel, the Boom, the Post-Boom, Magical Realism, Hispanic fiction in the USA, and more.

The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories
The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories

Author: Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1999-07-15

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 0195130855

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This collection brings together 53 stories that span the history of Latin American literature and represent the most dazzling achievements in the form. It covers the entire history of Latin American short fiction, from the colonial period to present.

Contemporary Latin American Literature
Contemporary Latin American Literature

Author: Gladys M. Varona-Lacey

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Published: 2001-08-22

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780658015069

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Contemporary Latin American Literature reflects the wealth of great writers of Latin America over the last hundred years, including Jorge Luis Borges, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Noble Prize winners Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, and Gabriel Garcia Márquez. The selections--almost 100 works in their original form--include English definitions for difficult Spanish words.

The Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution

Author: Alan Knight

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 019874563X

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The Mexican Revolution was a 'great' revolution, decisive for Mexico, important within Latin America, and comparable to the other major revolutions of modern history. Alan Knight offers a succinct account of the period, from the initial uprising against Porfirio Diaz and the ensuing decade of civil war, to the enduring legacy of the Revolution.

The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature
The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature

Author: Roberto Gonzalez Echevarría

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-09-19

Total Pages: 896

ISBN-13: 9780521410359

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The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature is by far the most comprehensive work of its kind ever written. Its three volumes cover the whole sweep of Latin American literature (including Brazilian) from pre-Colombian times to the present, and contain chapters on Latin American writing in the USA. Volume 3 is devoted partly to the history of Brazilian literature, from the earliest writing through the colonial period and the Portuguese-language traditions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; and partly also to an extensive bibliographical section in which annotated reading lists relating to the chapters in all three volumes of The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature are presented. These bibliographies are a unique feature of the History, further enhancing its immense value as a reference work.

The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories
The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories

Author: Julio Ortega

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2000-12-05

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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In The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories, Julio Ortega and Carlos Fuentes present the most compelling short fiction from Mexico to Chile. Surreal, poetic, naturalistic, urbane, peasant-born: All styles intersect and play, often within a single piece. There is "The Handsomest Drown Man in the World," the García Márquez fable of a village overcome by the power of human beauty; "The Aleph," Borges' classic tale of a man who discovers, in a colleague's cellar, the Universe. Here is the haunting shades of Juan Rulfo, the astonishing anxiety puzzles of Julio Cortázar, the disquieted domesticity of Clarice Lispector. Provocative, powerful, immensely engaging, The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories showcases the ingenuity, diversity, and continuing excellence of a vast and vivid literary tradition.