Latin American Literature

First published in 1987 (second edition in 1992), the Handbook of Latin American Literature offers readers the opportunity to explore this literary history in the English Language and constitutes an ideological approach to Latin American Literature. It provides both concise information concerning pa..

In this edited collection, first published in 1990, Philip Swanson charts the development of Latin American fiction throughout the twentieth century. He assesses the impact of the ‘new novel’ on Latin American literature, and follows its growth. Nine key texts are analysed by contributors, including..

This study examines the representation of illness, disability, and cultural pathologies in modern Iberian and Latin American literature. Investigating how writers reflect on the personal, social, and cultural effects of illness, it raises central questions about how medical discourses, cultural path..

The first guide of its kind, this book provides tools for teaching Latino/a Literature in dialogue with trends of a hemispheric, postcolonial, and transnational nature. Essays by established scholars offer a comprehensive approach, attending to how formal techniques give idiosyncratic and particular..

The first guide of its kind, this book provides tools for teaching Latino/a Literature in dialogue with trends of a hemispheric, postcolonial, and transnational nature. Essays by established scholars offer a comprehensive approach, attending to how formal techniques give idiosyncratic and particular..

Illuminating the relevance of literature as a catalyst for rethinking Brazil, this book offers a resistance to the official discourses that have worked to conceal social tensions, injustices, and secular inequities in Brazilian society. Essays deal with contemporary literary and social issues while ..

This book offers a series of critical contributions to contemporary debates associated with literary and nationalist representations of men and masculinities in the Hispanophone Americas. A variety of theoretical frameworks are deployed and there is a focus on literary texts and discourses from Chil..

This book offers a series of critical contributions to contemporary debates associated with literary and nationalist representations of men and masculinities in the Hispanophone Americas. A variety of theoretical frameworks are deployed and there is a focus on literary texts and discourses from Chil..

Grappling with the technologies that shape global society, this book visits Latin American literature, technology, and digital culture from the post-boom era to today. It examines literature alongside the newest media, including videogames, blogs, electronic literature, and social networking sites, ..