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16 of the Best Books and Articles on: Latin American Literature

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1.

Cultural Diversity in Latin American Literature » Read Now
by David William Foster. 182 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE DAVID WILLIAM FOSTER...Cultural diversity in Latin American literature /...
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The Social Conscience of Latin American Writing » Read Now
by Naomi Lindstrom. 187 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

"On one level, this is a brilliant scholarly answer to the bedeviling question asked by non-Latin Americanists, 'What is Latin American literature like?' On another level, it coordinates and clarifies, for specialists, the complex of current issues that are often confusing and even discouraging...
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"On one level, this is a brilliant scholarly answer to the bedeviling question asked by non-Latin Americanists, 'What is Latin American literature like?' On another level, it coordinates and clarifies, for specialists, the complex of current issues that are often confusing and even discouraging because they are incompletely understood."--John S. Brushwood, Roberts Professor Emeritus of Latin American Literature, University of KansasLiterature in Latin America has long been a vehicle for debates over the interpretation of social history, cultural identity, and artistic independence. Indeed, Latin American literature has gained international respect for its ability to present social criticism through works of imaginative creation.In this comprehensive, up-to-the-minute survey of research and opinion by leading Latin American cultural and literary critics, Naomi Lindstrom examines five concepts that are currently the focus of intense debate among Latin American writers and thinkers. Writing in simple, clear terms for both general and specialist readers of Latin American literature, she explores the concepts of autonomy and dependency, postmodernism, literary intellectuals and the mass media, testimonial literature, and gender issues, including gay and lesbian themes. Excerpts (in English) from relevant literary works illustrate each concept, while Lindstrom also traces its passage from the social sciences to literature.
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Do the Americas Have a Common Literature? » Read Now
by Gustavo Perez Firmat. 400 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...other hand, students of Latin American literature have for the most part...literature than of recent Latin American literature . Nonetheless, it seems...historiographic...
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Searching for Recognition: The Promotion of Latin American Literature in the United States » Read Now
by Irene Rostagno. 162 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

In the last 50 years, Latin American literature has become one of the primary focuses of U.S. intellectual attention. This behind-the-scenes account focuses on the efforts of those Americans--publishers, critics, editors, and writers--who brought recognition to Latin American writing. Rostagno...
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In the last 50 years, Latin American literature has become one of the primary focuses of U.S. intellectual attention. This behind-the-scenes account focuses on the efforts of those Americans--publishers, critics, editors, and writers--who brought recognition to Latin American writing. Rostagno explores how the promotion and reception of Latin American literature in this country involve such issues as North American literary tastes and publishing strategies and are part of a larger and more complex picture of inter-American cultural and commercial relations. This fascinating story of the creation of an international audience for a literature explores the roles of critic Waldo Frank, publishers Blanche and Alfred Knopf, editors Margaret Randall and Sergio Mondragon, and the Center for Inter-American Relations.
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Latin American Dramatists since 1945: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide » Read Now
by Tony A. Harvell. 514 pgs.

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This resource compiles and locates biographical and bibliographical information of over 700 prominent Latin American dramatists of the late 20th century and their plays in 20 different countries, and it lists over 7,000 plays arranged by country and by author. Author biographies consist of year and...
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This resource compiles and locates biographical and bibliographical information of over 700 prominent Latin American dramatists of the late 20th century and their plays in 20 different countries, and it lists over 7,000 plays arranged by country and by author. Author biographies consist of year and place of birth, education, careers, other literary genres, and awards and prizes. The bibliographic listings include various editions of plays, followed by references to the plays in anthologies, collections, or periodicals.
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Tradition and Innovation: Reflections on Latin American Jewish Writing » Read Now
by Robert DiAntonio, Nora Glickman. 216 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...7914-1510-4 pbk. 1. Latin American literature--Jewish authors--History and criticism. 2. Latin American literature--20th century--History...communities that produced a rich...
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Latin-American Women Writers: Class, Race, and Gender » Read Now
by Myriam Yvonne Jehenson. 206 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...on Spanish, French, and Latin-American literature in numerous journals. PREFACE...remembered, it will be for its Latin American literature." 1 That statement...assumptions...
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Latin American Women's Writing: Feminist Readings in Theory and Crisis » Read Now
by Anny Brooksbank Jones, Catherine Davies. 250 pgs.

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This collection of essays on Latin American women's writing--written by the leading feminist critics in Latin America, the United States, and Europe--rethinks notions of gender and cultural identity and examines the specific discursive practices of a range of female-authored texts. The contributors...
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This collection of essays on Latin American women's writing--written by the leading feminist critics in Latin America, the United States, and Europe--rethinks notions of gender and cultural identity and examines the specific discursive practices of a range of female-authored texts. The contributors offer fresh readings of canonical authors, such as Maria Luisa Bombal and Rosario Castellanos, and present essays on emerging Latin American, Caribbean, and Latina writers. The collection represents the most influential strands in current feminist criticism on Latin America, including psychoanalytic, post-structuralist, and Marxist approaches, with their diverse post-colonial and philosophical inflections.
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A Dream of Light & Shadow: Portraits of Latin American Women Writers » Read Now
by Marjorie Agosin. 350 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library
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Masterworks of Latin American Short Fiction: Eight Novellas » Read Now
by Cass Canfield Jr. 392 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

A unique anthology of eight Latin American novellas by major modern writers that enables the reader to really experience the work of each writer. A who's who of Latin American literature: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Ana Lydia Vega, G. Cabrera Infante, Alvaro Mutis, Alejo Carpentier, Julio Cortazar, Joao...
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A unique anthology of eight Latin American novellas by major modern writers that enables the reader to really experience the work of each writer. A who's who of Latin American literature: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Ana Lydia Vega, G. Cabrera Infante, Alvaro Mutis, Alejo Carpentier, Julio Cortazar, Joao Guimaraes Rosa, and Felisberto Hernandez.
Though there are a number of anthologies of Latin American literature which contain numerous short selections and include many writers, the brevity of the selections doesn't allow the reader to savor, feel, or comprehend the writer's style and work. What is needed is a selective group of examples of short fiction by major Latin American writers which will introduce the reader to works of sufficient length so that it's possible to really experience each writer. The novellas included are distinctive and demonstrate the richness of contemporary Latin American literature and offer a variety of style, theme, tone, and subject. Further, the writers included have all been critically praised and widely recognized. The novella by Joao Guimaraes Rosa is published here for the first time in English. There are short biographies of the eight authors included at the end of the book.
"A superb anthology! For readers who know nothing about Latin American fiction and for readers who think they know everything, these eight novellas will be a treat". Ariel Dorfman Duke University
"A wonderful introduction to some of the best work of the
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Myth and Archive: A Theory of Latin American Narrative » Read Now
by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria. 250 pgs.

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Myth and Archive presents a new theory of the origin and evolution of Latin American literature and the emergence of the modern novel. In this influential, award-winning exploration of Latin American writing from colonial times to the present, Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria dispenses with traditional...
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Myth and Archive presents a new theory of the origin and evolution of Latin American literature and the emergence of the modern novel. In this influential, award-winning exploration of Latin American writing from colonial times to the present, Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria dispenses with traditional literary history to reveal the indebted relationship of the novel to legal, scientific, and anthropological discourses.
Providing ways to link literary and nonliterary narratives, Gonzalez Echevarria examines a variety of archival writings -- from the chronicles of the discovery and conquest of the New World to scientific travel narratives and records of criminal confessions -- and explores the relationship of these writings to novels by authors such as Garcia Marquez, Borges, Barnet, Sarmiento, Carpentier, and Garcilaso de la Vega. Moving beyond demonstrating that early forms of creative narrative had their geneses in the sixteenth-century authoritative discourse of the Spanish Empire, Gonzalez Echevarria shows,how this same originating process has been repeated in other key moments in the history of the Latin American narrative. He shows how the discourse of scientific discovery was the model for much nineteenth-century literature, as well as how anthropological writings on the nature of language and myth have come to shape the ideology and form of literature in the twentieth century. This most recent form of Latin American narrative creates its own mythic form through an atavistic return to its legal origins -- the archive.
This acclaimed book -- originally published in 1990 -- will be of continuing interest to historians, anthropologists, literary theorists, and students of LatinAmerican culture.
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The Monstered Self: Narratives of Death and Performance in Latin American Fiction » Read Now
by Eduardo Gonzalez. 278 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...and Performance in Latin American Fiction Eduardo...might be. Performance in literature, life, or politics...instances of high and low literature. In implying that...
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Theoretical Fables: The Pedagogical Dream in Contemporary Latin American Fiction » Read Now
by Alicia Borinsky. 154 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Literature, Entire Library

...contemporary Latin American fiction...criticism. 3. Literature -- Philosophy...but because literature itself was...Contemporary Latin American fiction has...regarding...
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Some Write to the Future: Essays on Contemporary Latin American Fiction » Read Now
by Ariel Dorfman, George Shivers. 260 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...belief that our literature has an important...the people of Latin America. It...sweep the South American continent than...violence in Latin American literature and in...
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Celestina's Brood: Continuities of the Baroque in Spanish and Latin American Literatures » Read Now
by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria. 284 pgs.

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...Baroque in Spanish and Latin American Literatures Roberto Gonzelez Echevarria...attention was devoted to them. Latin American literature barely entered into the...study of...
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The Social Imaginary/Symbolic: Technology and Latin American Literature, in Mosaic » Read Now
by Jerry Hoeg. 14 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...symbolic: technology and Latin American literature. by Jerry Hoeg...seminal in that movement in Latin American literature which seeks to operationalize...construction or...