Modern Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction

by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria

Overview

This Very Short Introduction chronicles the trends and traditions of modern Latin American literature, arguing that Latin American literature developed as a continent-wide phenomenon, not just an assemblage of national literatures, in moments of political crisis. With the Spanish American War came Modernismo, the end of World War I and the Mexican Revolution produced the avant-garde, and the Cuban Revolution sparked a movement in the novel that came to be known as the Boom. Within this narrative, the author covers all of the major writers of Latin American literature, from Andrés Bello and José María de Heredia, through Borges and García Márquez, to Fernando Vallejo and Roberto Bolaño.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199912964
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/13/2012
Series:	Very Short Introductions
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Roberto González Echevarría is the Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature at Yale University and the author of many books on Spanish, Latin American, and comparative literature. He was awarded the 2010 National Humanities Medal by the President of the United States.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Poetry from Romanticism to Modernismo: Bello to Darío
Chapter 2: Nineteenth-Century Prose: the Revelation of Latin America
Chapter 3: Poetry from Modernismo to Modernism
Chapter 4: Latin American Fiction in the Twentieth Century: Regionalism to Modernism
Chapter 5: Latin American Literature Today

References
Further Reading
Index

Editorial Reviews

"Insightful and often eloquent, this is a superb introduction to major figures and trends in modern Latin American literature by the leading authority in the field."—Gustavo Pérez Firmat, David Feinson Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University

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