Latin American Women Writers: An Encyclopedia - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415979714 ISBN 13: 9780415979719

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

Latin American Women Writers: An Encyclopedia presents the lives and critical works of over 170 women writers in Latin America between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries. This features thematic entries as well as biographies of female writers whose works were originally published in Spanish or Portuguese, and who have had an impact on literary, political, and social studies.

Focusing on drama, poetry, and fiction, this work includes authors who have published at least three literary texts that have had a significant impact on Latin American literature and culture. Each entry is followed by extensive bibliographic references, including primary and secondary sources.

Coverage consists of critical appreciation and analysis of the writers' works. Brief biographical data is included, but the main focus is on the meanings and contexts of the works as well as their cultural and political impact. In addition to author entries, other themes are explored, such as humor in contemporary Latin American fiction, lesbian literature in Latin America, magic, realism, or mother images in Latin American literature. The aim is to provide a unique, thorough, scholarly survey of women writers and their works in Latin America. This Encyclopedia will be of interest to both to the student of literature as well as to any reader interested in understanding more about Latin American culture, literature, and how women have represented gender and national issues throughout the centuries.

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'Highly informative work' - Reference Reviews

'It deserves to be on the shelves of libraries in all such institutions as well as in general libraries which aim to provide information on a wide range of world literatures' - Reference Reviews

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0415979714
• ISBN 13: 9780415979719
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 612
• Editor: Maria Claudia Andre, Eva Paulino Bueno