Spanish American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book
superb and indispensable. . . . this guide should serve to introduce a rich lode to scholarly miners of the Latin American literary tradition. Highly recommended. Choice

Containing contributions by more than fifty scholars, this volume, the second of Diane Marting's edited works on the women of the literature of Spanish America, consists of analytical and biographical studies of fifty of the most important women writers of Latin America from the seventeenth century to the present. The writers covered in the individual essays represent most Spanish-speaking American nations and a variety of literary genres. Each essay provides biographical and career information, discusses the major themes in the body of work, and surveys criticism, ending with a detailed bibliography of works by the writer, works available in translation if applicable, and works about the writer. The editor's tripartite introduction freely associates themes and images with/about/for the works of Spanish American women writers; explains the history and process of the collaborative effort that this volume represents; and traces some feminist concerns that recur in the essays, providing commentary, analysis, suggestions for further research, and hypotheses to be tested. Two general essays complete the volume. The first examines the oral testimony of contemporary Indian women outside of the literary tradition, women whose words have been recorded by others. The other surveys Latina writers in the United States, an area not otherwise encompassed in the scope of this volume. Appendixes classify the writers in the main body of the work by birth date, country, and genre. Also included is a bibliography of reference works and general criticism on the Latin American woman writer, and title and subject indexes.

This book addresses the needs of students, translators, and general readers, as well as scholars, by providing a general reference work in the area of Spanish American literature. As such, it belongs in the reference collections of all libraries serving scholars and students of Latin American and women's studies and literature.

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Spanish American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book
superb and indispensable. . . . this guide should serve to introduce a rich lode to scholarly miners of the Latin American literary tradition. Highly recommended. Choice

Containing contributions by more than fifty scholars, this volume, the second of Diane Marting's edited works on the women of the literature of Spanish America, consists of analytical and biographical studies of fifty of the most important women writers of Latin America from the seventeenth century to the present. The writers covered in the individual essays represent most Spanish-speaking American nations and a variety of literary genres. Each essay provides biographical and career information, discusses the major themes in the body of work, and surveys criticism, ending with a detailed bibliography of works by the writer, works available in translation if applicable, and works about the writer. The editor's tripartite introduction freely associates themes and images with/about/for the works of Spanish American women writers; explains the history and process of the collaborative effort that this volume represents; and traces some feminist concerns that recur in the essays, providing commentary, analysis, suggestions for further research, and hypotheses to be tested. Two general essays complete the volume. The first examines the oral testimony of contemporary Indian women outside of the literary tradition, women whose words have been recorded by others. The other surveys Latina writers in the United States, an area not otherwise encompassed in the scope of this volume. Appendixes classify the writers in the main body of the work by birth date, country, and genre. Also included is a bibliography of reference works and general criticism on the Latin American woman writer, and title and subject indexes.

This book addresses the needs of students, translators, and general readers, as well as scholars, by providing a general reference work in the area of Spanish American literature. As such, it belongs in the reference collections of all libraries serving scholars and students of Latin American and women's studies and literature.

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Spanish American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book

Spanish American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book

by Diane Marting
Spanish American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book

Spanish American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book

by Diane Marting

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superb and indispensable. . . . this guide should serve to introduce a rich lode to scholarly miners of the Latin American literary tradition. Highly recommended. Choice

Containing contributions by more than fifty scholars, this volume, the second of Diane Marting's edited works on the women of the literature of Spanish America, consists of analytical and biographical studies of fifty of the most important women writers of Latin America from the seventeenth century to the present. The writers covered in the individual essays represent most Spanish-speaking American nations and a variety of literary genres. Each essay provides biographical and career information, discusses the major themes in the body of work, and surveys criticism, ending with a detailed bibliography of works by the writer, works available in translation if applicable, and works about the writer. The editor's tripartite introduction freely associates themes and images with/about/for the works of Spanish American women writers; explains the history and process of the collaborative effort that this volume represents; and traces some feminist concerns that recur in the essays, providing commentary, analysis, suggestions for further research, and hypotheses to be tested. Two general essays complete the volume. The first examines the oral testimony of contemporary Indian women outside of the literary tradition, women whose words have been recorded by others. The other surveys Latina writers in the United States, an area not otherwise encompassed in the scope of this volume. Appendixes classify the writers in the main body of the work by birth date, country, and genre. Also included is a bibliography of reference works and general criticism on the Latin American woman writer, and title and subject indexes.

This book addresses the needs of students, translators, and general readers, as well as scholars, by providing a general reference work in the area of Spanish American literature. As such, it belongs in the reference collections of all libraries serving scholars and students of Latin American and women's studies and literature.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313251948
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 07/24/1990
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 672
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.44(d)

About the Author

DIANE E. MARTING is Assistant Professor of Spanish American literature at Columbia University. She has held a Fulbright Dissertation Grant to Brazil and a Fulbright Senior Lecturing Grant to Colombia. She is the editor of Women Writers of Spanish America: An Annotated Bio-Bibliographical Guide (Greenwood Press, 1987) and is currently completing The Sexual Woman in Twentieth-Century Latin American Novels, a comparative study of female sexuality in Brazilian and Spanish American novels.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Delmira Agustini
Claribel Alegría
Isabel Allende
Albalucía Angel
María Luisa Bombal
Marta Brunet
Fanny Buitrago
Silvina Bullrich
Julia de Burgos
Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera
Lydia Cabrera
Nellie Campobello
Julieta Campos
Rosario Castellanos
Madre Castillo
Rosario Ferré
Sara Gallardo
Griselda Gambaro
Elena Garro
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
Juana Manuela Gorriti
Luisa Josefina Hernández
Sara de Ibáñez
Juana de Ibarbourou
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Claudia Lars
Marta Lynch
Clorinda Matto de Turbaner
María Luisa Mendoza
Gabriela Mistral
Nancy Morejón
Carmen Naranjo
Silvina Ocampo
Victoria Ocampo
Eunice Odio
Yolanda Oreamuno
Olga Orozco
Teresa de la Parra
Violeta Parra
Cristina Peri Rossi
Alejandra Pizarnik
Josefina Plá
Syria Poletti
Elena Poniatowska
Magda Portal
Armonía Somers
Alfonsina Storni
Marta Traba
Salomé Ureña de Henríquez
Luisa Valenzuela
Indian Women Writers of Spanish America
Latina Writers in the United States
The Latin American Woman Writer: A Bibliography of Bibliographies and General Criticism
Appendixes
Title Index
Subject Index

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