A History of Mexican Literature
A History of Mexican Literature
A History of Mexican Literature

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A History of Mexican Literature

Book: Hardcover 24 - 06 - 2016

Product ID: 1835981

Condition: New
Publisher : Cambridge University Press

ISBN-10 : 1107099803

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Product Description A History of Mexican Literature chronicles a story more than five hundred years in the making, looking at the development of literary culture in Mexico from its indigenous beginnings to the twenty-first century. Featuring a comprehensive introduction that charts the development of a complex canon, this History includes extensive essays that illuminate the cultural and political intricacies of Mexican literature. Organized thematically, these essays survey the multilayered verse and fiction of such diverse writers as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mariano Azuela, Xavier Villaurrutia, and Octavio Paz. Written by a host of leading scholars, this History also devotes special attention to the lasting significance of colonialism and multiculturalism in Mexican literature. This book is of pivotal importance to the development of Mexican writing and will serve as an invaluable reference for specialists and students alike. Book Description A History of Mexican Literature examines the literary culture of Mexico from its indigenous beginnings to the twenty-first century. About the Author Ignacio M. Sänchez Prado is Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at Washington University, Saint Louis. His research focuses on the relationship between aesthetics, ideology and cultural institutions in Mexico. He is the author of Screening Neoliberalism: Transforming Mexican Cinema, 1988–2012. Anna M. Nogar is Associate Professor of Hispanic Southwest Studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of New Mexico. She specializes in colonial-era Mexican literature and culture. She is coeditor, with Oswaldo Estrada, of Colonial Itineraries of Contemporary Mexico: Literary and Cultural Inquiries. José Ramón Ruisánchez Serra is Associate Professor of Latin American Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Houston. He has contributed to such journals as PMLA, Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, and Revista de Literatura Mexicana.

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