New History of Spanish Literature - Hardcover

Chandler, Richard E. And Kessel Schwartz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807103438 ISBN 13: 9780807103432

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, 1961

Synopsis

Unlike the usual organizational plan of a textbook, this carries the study of a single genre from its origins to the present day, making it convenient for the researcher to pursue a specific field of study. Miguel de Cervantes and Lope de Vega are among the many authors discussed. A chapter on Spanish history and culture precedes chapters on poetry, drama, fiction and non-fiction. Three appendices, bibliography, index. Dust jacket faded with some spotting. xiv, 696 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 8vo..

About this title

From the Back Cover

First published in 1961, "A New History of Spanish Literature" has been a much-used resource for generations of students. The book has now been completely revised and updated to include extensive discussion of Spanish literature of the past thirty years.

Richard E. Chandler and Kessel Schwartz, both longtime students of the literature, write authoritatively about every Spanish literary work of consequence. From the earliest extant writings through the literature of the 1980s, they draw on the latest scholarship.

Unlike most literary histories, this one treats each genre fully in its own section, thus making it easy for the reader to follow the development of poetry, the drama, the novel, other prose fiction, and nonfiction prose. Students of the first edition have found this method particularly useful. However, this approach does not preclude study of the literature by period. A full index easily enables the reader to find all references to any individual author or book.

Another noteworthy feature of the book, and one omitted from many books of this kind, is the comprehensive attention the authors accord nonfiction prose, including, for example, essays, philosophy, literary criticism, politics, and historiography.

Encyclopedic in scope yet concise and eminently readable, the revised edition of "A New History of Spanish Literature" bids fair to be the standard reference well into the next century.

About the Author

Richard E. Chandler is professor of Spanish emeritus at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, in Lafayette.

Kessel Schwartz is professor of modern languages emeritus at the University of Miami.

Edition details

• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Publication date: 1961
• ISBN 10: 0807103438
• ISBN 13: 9780807103432
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1