Twentieth-Century Spanish American Fiction

Name: Twentieth-Century Spanish American Fiction
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ISBN: 9780292781191

ISBN-10: 0292781199

ISBN-13: 9780292781191

Edition: 1994

Authors: Naomi Lindstrom

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"Spanish American fiction has become 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…

Book details

List price: $37.50
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 9/1/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Introduction


Twentieth-Century Modernist Prose, 1900-1920


Realism and Naturalism, 1900-1930


Avant-Garde, Imaginative, and Fantastic Modes, 1920-1950


Realism and Beyond, 1930-1960


The Boom and Its Antecedents, 1950-1970


The Postboom: New Voices and Belated Discoveries, 1968-1990


Conclusion


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index