Historical dictionary of Latin American literature and theater [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Young, Odile Cisneros

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459478403321
• Autore: Young Richard A., Ph. D.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2010
• ISBN: 9780810874985; 0810874989
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (749 p.)
• Collana: Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts ; ; no. 45
• Altri autori (Persone): CisnerosOdile
• Disciplina: 860.9/0003
• Soggetti: Latin American literature; Authors, Latin American; Theater - Latin America; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Reader's Note; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Bibliography; About the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: The Historical Dictionary of Latin American Literature and Theater provides users with an accessible single-volume reference tool covering Portuguese-speaking Brazil and the 16 Spanish-speaking countries of continental Latin America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela). Entries for authors, from the early colonial period to the present, give succinct biographical data and an account of the author's literary production, with particular attention to their most prominent work