Twentieth-Century Spanish American Fiction

Naomi Lindstrom

Published by University of Texas Press 1994

Twentieth-Century Spanish American Fiction

Naomi Lindstrom

In the series Texas Pan American Series

https://doi.org/10.7560/781191

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About this book

Spanish American fiction became a world phenomenon in the twentieth century through multilanguage translations of such novels as Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, Manuel Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman, Octavio Paz's Labyrinth of Solitude, and Isabel Allende's House of the Spirits. Yet these "blockbusters" are only a tiny fraction of the total, rich outpouring of Spanish-language literature from Latin America.

In this book, Naomi Lindstrom offers English-language readers a comprehensive survey of the century's literary production in Latin America (excluding Brazil). Discussing movements and trends, she places the famous masterworks in historical perspective and highlights authors and works that deserve a wider readership. Her study begins with Rodó's famous essay Ariel and ends with Rigoberta Menchú's 1992 achievement of the Nobel Prize. Her selection of works is designed to draw attention, whenever possible, to works that are available in good English translations.

A special feature of the book is its treatment of the "postboom" period. In this important concluding section, Lindstrom discusses documentary narratives, the new interrelations between popular culture and literary writing, and underrepresented groups such as youth cultures, slum dwellers, gays and lesbians, and ethnic enclaves. Written in accessible, nonspecialized language, Twentieth-Century Spanish American Fiction will be equally useful for general readers as a broad overview of this vibrant literature and for scholars as a reliable reference work.

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Naomi Lindstrom is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
One TWENTIETH-CENTURY MODERNIST PROSE, 1900-1920 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Two REALISM AND NATURALISM, 1900-1930 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
Three AVANT-GARDE, IMAGINATIVE, AND FANTASTIC MODES, 1920- 1950 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Four REALISM AND BEYOND, 1930-1960 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Five THE BOOM AND ITS ANTECEDENTS, 1950- 1970 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
Six THE POSTBOOM: NEW VOICES AND BELATED DISCOVERIES, 1968-1990 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241

Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 256

eBook

Published: January 13, 2014
ISBN: 9780292735217