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Latin American Fiction by Phillip Swanson

Latin American Fiction

A Short Introduction

Phillip Swanson

Wiley · Print & ebook · December 10, 2004

This book introduces readers to the evolution of modern fiction in Spanish-speaking Latin America. - Presents Latin American fiction in its cultural and political contexts. - Introduces debates about how to read this literature. - Combines an overview of the evolution of modern Latin American fiction with detailed studies of key texts. - Discusses authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Isabel Allende. - Covers nation-building narratives, ‘modernismo’, the New Novel, the Boom, the Post-Boom, Magical Realism, Hispanic fiction in the USA, and more.

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Who it’s for
Trace modern Latin American fiction through its movements, key texts, and cultural and political contexts.
Themes
Modern Latin American fiction, Cultural and political contexts, Latin American literary movements
Genres
Caribbean & Latin American Criticism, Hispanic American Lit Crit, 20th-Century Literary Criticism

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About this book

This book introduces readers to the evolution of modern fiction in Spanish-speaking Latin America. - Presents Latin American fiction in its cultural and political contexts. - Introduces debates about how to read this literature. - Combines an overview of the evolution of modern Latin American fiction with detailed studies of key texts. - Discusses authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Isabel Allende. - Covers nation-building narratives, ‘modernismo’, the New Novel, the Boom, the Post-Boom, Magical Realism, Hispanic fiction in the USA, and more.

Fiction in Context

Trace modern Latin American fiction through its movements, key texts, and cultural and political contexts.

Come here for

  • Cultural and political contexts for Latin American fiction
  • Detailed studies of key texts and debates about how to read them

Expect

  • Coverage from nation-building narratives through the Post-Boom
  • Discussion of modernismo, Magical Realism, and Hispanic fiction in the USA

Where it sits

Caribbean & Latin American Criticism76%
Hispanic American Lit Crit56%
20th-Century Literary Criticism46%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • American Lit Crit
Authors
Phillip Swanson
Publisher
Wiley
Published
December 10, 2004
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Modern Latin American fiction · Cultural and political contexts · Latin American literary movements
Reading lane
American Lit Crit