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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808197603321

Autore

Brown Joan Lipman <1952->

Titolo

Confronting our canons : Spanish and Latin American studies in the 21st century / / Joan L. Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lewisburg, PA, : Bucknell University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8387-5813-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Disciplina

860.9/007

Soggetti

Canon (Literature)

Spanish literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Spanish American literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Spanish literature - Study and teaching

Spanish American literature - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: what is a canon and why does it matter? -- The canon backstory: literary canon formation in western history -- Modern canons: from least to most consensual -- The Hispanic literary canon: contents of an album -- The Hispanic literary canon's missing contents -- Factors that make a work canonical -- The literary canon: a mandate for reform -- Appendix: tables.