03210nam 2200505 450 991079274780332120230421030743.00-292-73397-610.7560/724822(CKB)3710000001085055(MiAaPQ)EBC4825825(Au-PeEL)EBL4825825(CaPaEBR)ebr11507292(OCoLC)1022794922(DE-B1597)587959(DE-B1597)9780292733978(EXLCZ)99371000000108505520180223h19941994 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierMexican literature a history /edited by David William FosterAustin, Texas :University of Texas Press,1994.©19941 online resource (471 pages)The Texas Pan American Series0-292-74480-3 0-292-72482-9 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Pre-Columbian Literatures -- 2 The Colonial Period -- 3 Romanticism -- 4 Nineteenth-Century Prose Fiction -- 5 Modernism -- 6 Twentieth-Century Poetry -- 7 Twentieth-Century Theater -- 8 Twentieth-Century Fiction -- 9 The Essay -- 10 Literary Theory and Criticism -- 11 Literary Reviews: A Bibliographical Essay -- 12 Mexican and Mexican American Literary Relations -- IndexMexico has a rich literary heritage that extends back over centuries to the Aztec and Mayan civilizations. This major reference work surveys more than five hundred years of Mexican literature from a sociocultural perspective. More than merely a catalog of names and titles, it examines in detail the literary phenomena that constitute Mexico's most significant and original contributions to literature. Recognizing that no one scholar can authoritatively cover so much territory, David William Foster has assembled a group of specialists, some of them younger scholars who write from emerging trends in Latin American and Mexican literary scholarship. The topics they discuss include pre-Columbian indigenous writing (Joanna O'Connell), Colonial literature (Lee H. Dowling), Romanticism (Margarita Vargas), nineteenth-century prose fiction (Mario Martín Flores), Modernism (Bart L. Lewis), major twentieth-century genres (narrative, Lanin A. Gyurko; poetry, Adriana García; theater, Kirsten F. Nigro), the essay (Martin S. Stabb), literary criticism (Daniel Altamiranda), and literary journals (Luis Peña). Each essay offers detailed analysis of significant issues and major texts and includes an annotated bibliography of important critical sources and reference works.Texas Pan American series.Mexican literatureHistory and criticismMexican literatureHistory and criticism.860.9/972Foster David William175435MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792747803321Mexican literature3749382UNINA