A History of Chilean Literature

by Ignacio López-Calvo (Editor)

Overview

This book covers the full range and diversity of Chilean literature from the times of the Spanish conquest to the present. By emphasizing transnational, hemispheric, and global approaches to Chilean literature, it reflects the relevance of themes such as neoliberalism, migration and exile, as well as subfields like ethnic studies, and gender and sexuality studies. It showcases the diversity of Chilean literature throughout all periods, regions, ethnocultural groups and social classes, all the while foregrounding its regional variations. Unlike previous literary histories, it maps a rich heterogeneity by including works by Chileans of indigenous, African, Jewish, Arab, Asian, and Croatian ancestries, as well as studies of literature by LGTBQ authors and Chilean Americans. Ambitious and authoritative, this book is essential reading for scholars of Chilean Literature, Latin American Literature, the Global South, and World Literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108487375
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/14/2021
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.18(w) x 9.29(h) x 1.69(d)

About the Author

Ignacio López-Calvo is Professor of Latin American Literature at the University of California, Merced. He is the author of ninety articles and book chapters and eight monographs. He is also the volume editor of fourteen books. He is the Co-executive director of the journal Transmodernity, as well as the co-executive director of the book series 'Historical and Cultural Interconnections between Latin America and Asia' and 'Anthem Studies in Latin American Literature and Culture Series.'

Table of Contents

Introduction Ignacio López-Calvo; Part I: Proto-Chilean, Colonial Chronicles and Letters: 1. The Evolving Image of the Araucania and Its Conquistadors in Valdivia's Cartas de Relación and Vivar's Crónica y relación copiosa y verdadera de los reinos de Chile María de Jesús Cordero; 2. Alonso de Ercilla's La Araucana and Pedro de Oña's Arauco domado in the National Imaginary Stefanie Massmann; 3. Writing while Walking: Alonso Ovalle and Construction of the World's End Narrative in An Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Chile (1646) Rafael Gaune Corradi; 4. Empathy with the Mapuche: Rosales's Manifiesto apologético and Pineda y Bascuñán's Cautiverio feliz Andrés Ignacio Prieto Pastén; 5. Subalterns Find their Voice: Testimonies by Black and Indigenous Women and Writings by Nuns during the Colonial Period Ximena Azúa Ríos; Part II: Nineteenth-Century Articulations of an Embryonic National Consciousness: 6. Rosario Orrego Castañeda (1831/34–1879) and Women Writers in the Nineteenth Century Carol Arcos; 7. The Feuilleton Tradition: Popular Literature Aimed at the Urban Reader Marina Alvarado Cornejo; 8. The Historical Novel: Independence, the War of the Pacific and 1891 Chilean Civil War Readings Eduardo Barraza; 9. From the Public to the Private: Autobiographies, Collections of Letters, Memoirs, and Diaries as Intimate Descriptions of the Formation of the Republic Lorena Amaro Castro; 10. Literature and Literary Markets Marina Alvarado Cornejo; 11. Modernization and Culture María Rosa Olivera-Williams; Part III: Beyond Chileanness: Heterogeneity and Transculturation in Canonical and Peripheral Twentieth and Twenty-First-Century Literature: 12. Gabriela Mistral, Chilean Women Writers, and Intersectionality Claudia Cabello Hutt;13. The Verse as Being in the World: Chilean Poetry Before, During and After Pablo Neruda, History, and Politics Luis Correa-Díaz with Greg Dawes; 14. Mapuche Poetry: Self-Definitions and Representation of the Chilean Cultures Magda Sepúlveda Eriz; 15. The Translation Origins of Literary Mapuche Aesthetics Roberto Viereck Salinas; 16. Theatrical Trends and Social Changes in Chile: 1910–2018 Juan Villegas; 17. Jewish Voices, Chilean Literature Cristián Opazo and Marjorie Agosín; 18. Chilean Arabic Writing: A Desire for Integration into Mainstream Society María Olga Samamé Barrera; 19. Asian Chilean Writing and Film, and Chilean Orientalism María Montt Strabucchi; 20. Croatian Chilean literature: Óscar Barrientos Bradasić's and Christian Formoso Bavich's Writing Eugenio Mimica Barassi; 21. Chilean American Writing since September 11, 1973 Guillermo García-Corales; 22. LGBTQ Writing and Cultural Consciousness in Chile Ignacio López-Vicuña; 23. Permutations of Selfhood in the Work of José Donoso Mary Friedman; 24. Isabel Allende, the Post-Boom, and Chilean Exile Literature Lila McDowell Carlsen; 25. Roberto Bolaño, His Fiction of History, History of His Fiction Raúl Rodríguez Freire; 26. Alejandro Zambra and Recent Chilean Narrative: From the Political to Autobiografiction Will Corral 27. Film and Literature in Chile: The Emergence of a Cultural Field Verónica Cortínez; 28. Violence and Memory: Human Rights, Redemocratization, and Literary Culture in Chile Moisés Park; 29. Chilean Digital Literature Melissa A. Fitch; 30. Detectives at the End of the World: Approaches in Twentieth-century Chilean Literary Critique Alexis Candia.

Editorial Reviews

‘This is an excellent, readable, teachable addition to Latin American literary studies … Highly recommended.’ A. A. Edwards, Choice Connect

'Highly recommended.' A. A. Edwards, CHOICE

‘… A History of Chilean Literature is both titanic and courageous … [And it] stands as an indispensable critical point of reference for all researchers dedicated to the study of Chilean culture and literature.' Ignacio Pasten, Hispania

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