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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785341203321

Autore

Young Richard A. <1942->

Titolo

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

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

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