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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972449303321

Autore

Young Richard A. <1942->

Titolo

Historical dictionary of Latin American literature and theater / / Richard Young, Odile Cisneros

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2011

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2011

ISBN

979-82-16-42153-5

979-82-16-23932-1

1-282-92228-9

9786612922282

0-8108-7498-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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

Authors, Latin American

Latin American literature

Theater - Latin America

LITERARY CRITICISM - European - Spanish & Portuguese

Theater

Bio-bibliography

Biographies.

Dictionaries.

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