Modern Latin American Literature

In the 1960s, Latin American literature became known worldwide as never before. Writers such as Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Carlos Fuentes, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, and Mario Vargas Llosa all became part of the general culture of educated readers of English, French, German, and Italian. But few know about the literary tradition from which these writers emerged. This Very Short Introduction remedies this situation, providing an overview of modern Latin American literature from the late eighteenth century to the present. Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria covers a wide range of topics, discussing the birth of Modernismo, the first Latin American literary movement; how the end of World War I and the Mexican Revolution produced the avant-garde; and how the Cuban Revolution sparked a movement in the novel that came to be known as the Boom. Within this narrative, the author covers many of the major writers of Latin American literature, from Andres Bello and Jose Maria de Heredia through Borges and Garcia Marquez to Fernando Vallejo and Roberto Bolano.

ISBN 0199754918   Pages 160 ISBN13 9780199754915 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 120 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc   Published in New York Imprint Oxford University Press Inc   Series title Very Short Introductions Format Paperback   Height (mm) 173 Publication date 16 Mar 2012   Width (mm) 115 DEWEY 860.998   Spine width (mm) 9 DEWEY edition DC23   Academic level General

INTRODUCTION ; CHAPTER 1: POETRY FROM ROMANTICISM TO MODERNISMO: BELLO TO DARIO ; 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

"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 P rez Firmat, David Feinson Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University

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