Mexican Literature: A History

Published by University of Texas Press 1994

Mexican Literature

A History

Edited by: David William Foster

In the series Texas Pan American Series

https://doi.org/10.7560/724822

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About this book

Mexico has a rich literary heritage that extends back over centuries to the Aztec and Mayan civilizations. This major reference work surveys more than five hundred years of Mexican literature from a sociocultural perspective. More than merely a catalog of names and titles, it examines in detail the literary phenomena that constitute Mexico's most significant and original contributions to literature.

Recognizing that no one scholar can authoritatively cover so much territory, David William Foster has assembled a group of specialists, some of them younger scholars who write from emerging trends in Latin American and Mexican literary scholarship. The topics they discuss include pre-Columbian indigenous writing (Joanna O'Connell), Colonial literature (Lee H. Dowling), Romanticism (Margarita Vargas), nineteenth-century prose fiction (Mario Martín Flores), Modernism (Bart L. Lewis), major twentieth-century genres (narrative, Lanin A. Gyurko; poetry, Adriana García; theater, Kirsten F. Nigro), the essay (Martin S. Stabb), literary criticism (Daniel Altamiranda), and literary journals (Luis Peña). Each essay offers detailed analysis of significant issues and major texts and includes an annotated bibliography of important critical sources and reference works.

Author / Editor information

David William Foster (1940–2020) was Regents' Professor of Spanish at Arizona State University.

Reviews

Prior to the publication of the present volume, surprisingly few first-rate overviews of Mexican literature were available to students and scholars. Now those seeking to enhance their knowledge of the various centuries and genres of Mexican letters have an excellent source at hand. . . . David William Foster is to be commended for having edited an extremely useful volume on a broad and fascinating subject.

— World Literature Today

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface David William Foster Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
1 Pre-Columbian Literatures Joanna O’Connell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 The Colonial Period Lee H. Dowling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3 Romanticism Margarita Vargas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
4 Nineteenth-Century Prose Fiction Mario Martin-Flores Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
5 Modernism Bart L. Lewis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
6 Twentieth-Century Poetry Adriana Garcia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
7 Twentieth-Century Theater Kirsten F. Nigro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
8 Twentieth-Century Fiction Lanin A. Gyurko Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
9 The Essay Martin S Stabb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
10 Literary Theory and Criticism Daniel Altamiranda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
11 Literary Reviews: A Bibliographical Essay Luis H Pena Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365
12 Mexican and Mexican American Literary Relations Manuel de Jesus Hernandez-Gutierrez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	439

Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 470

eBook

Published: January 13, 2014
ISBN: 9780292733978