A companion to Spanish-American literature
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A companion to Spanish-American literature
（Colección Támesis, . Serie A. Monografías ; 179）
Tamesis, 1999
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- : paperback
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: hardback ISBN 9781855660656
Description
Although Spanish-American literature first came to the attention of a world-wide audience in the 1960s, it enjoys a continuous tradition stretching back to the Conquest. This introduction to the Spanish-American literary canon re-traces that history in a clear and readable style. It contains short, incisive sections on the major literary writers and works of Spanish America from the Conquest to the present day, ranging from the Popol Vuh, the Bibleof the Mayas, to Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits, a novel on contemporary Chile. The book treats authors in considerable depth, and addresses in particular the social value of the literary work and the ways in which it functioned in the society which gave it life.
STEPHEN M. HART is Professor of Hispanic Studies, University College London, and Profesor Honorario, Universidad de San Marcos, Lima.
Table of Contents
- Introduction - unpacking the canon
- the Amerindian legacy, and the literature of conquest and discovery
- colonial and viceregal literature
- 19th-century literature
- 20th-century literature
- some postmodern developments.
- Volume
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: paperback ISBN 9781855660762
Description
Although Spanish-American literature first came to the attention of a world-wide audience in the 1960s, it enjoys a continuous tradition stretching back to the Conquest; this new introduction to the Spanish-American literary canonretraces that history. It contains sections on the major literary writers and works of Spanish America from the Conquest to the present day, ranging from the Popol Vuh, the Bible of the Mayas, to Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits, a novel on contemporary Chile. The book treats authors in considerable depth, and addresses in particular the social value of the literary work and the ways in which it functioned in the society which gaveit life.
STEPHEN M. HART is Reader in the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies at University College London; from 1991 to 1998 he was professor in the department of Spanish and Italian, and Director of the Latin American Studies Program, at the University of Kentucky.
Table of Contents
- Introduction - unpacking the canon
- the Amerindian legacy, and the literature of conquest and discovery
- colonial and viceregal literature
- 19th-century literature
- 20th-century literature
- some postmodern developments.
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