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Latin American Fiction: A Short Introduction / Edition 1

Latin American Fiction: A Short Introduction / Edition 1

by Phillip Swanson
Latin American Fiction: A Short Introduction / Edition 1
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ISBN-10:
1405108657
ISBN-13:
9781405108652
Pub. Date:
12/10/2004
Publisher:
Wiley
ISBN-10:
1405108657
ISBN-13:
9781405108652
Pub. Date:
12/10/2004
Publisher:
Wiley
Latin American Fiction: A Short Introduction / Edition 1

Latin American Fiction: A Short Introduction / Edition 1

by Phillip Swanson

Overview

This book introduces readers to the evolution of modern fiction in Spanish-speaking Latin America.
  • Presents Latin American fiction in its cultural and political contexts.
  • Introduces debates about how to read this literature.
  • Combines an overview of the evolution of modern Latin American fiction with detailed studies of key texts.
  • Discusses authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Isabel Allende.
  • Covers nation-building narratives, ‘modernismo’, the New Novel, the Boom, the Post-Boom, Magical Realism, Hispanic fiction in the USA, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781405108652
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 12/10/2004
Series: Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature
Edition description: Collectors Ed/ /Eng-Fr-Sp-Sub ed.
Pages: 168
Product dimensions: 6.32(w) x 9.37(h) x 0.73(d)

About the Author

Philip Swanson is Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield. He has published widely in the area of Spanish and Latin American studies, including books on the New Novel, the Post-Boom, Gabriel García Márquez and José Donoso. He has taught in universities in Europe and the USA.

Table of Contents

1. Beginnings: Narrative and the Challenge of New Nations.

2. National Narratives: Regional and Continental Identity.

3. The Rise of the New Narrative.

4. The Boom.

5. After the Boom.

6. Hispanic American Fiction of the United States.

7. Culture Wars: Ways of Reading Latin American Fiction.

Notes.

Further Reading.

Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Elegantly written, comprehensive and yet succinct, Professor Philip Swanson’s Latin American Fiction: A Short Introduction offers a magisterial account of the development of Latin American fiction … This is an authoritative introduction by the UK’s leading expert on the Latin American novel."
Stephen Hart, University College London


"A probing, inquisitive and refreshing approach to Latin American literature, which also takes into account its presence in the United States."
William Luis, VanderbiltUniversity

"A good overview that outlines the main movements and the ways in which the genre has evolved that provides a good foundation for the study of this region's diverse fictional legacy."
The British Bulletin of Publications

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