Books in the Spanish American Literature: A Collection of Essays series

These articles examine the phenomena that mark the onset of the 20th century for independence that placed large areas of territory under arms and resulted in the formation of strong and independent nation-states.

This volume, part of a five volume set, explores diverse theoretical approaches to colonial culture, testimonial writing, gender studies, postmodernism, ethnic issues, and politics and nationalism in Spanish American literature.

This volume features Latin American literature of the second half of the 20th century, with an emphasis on writers who have transcended the boundaries of national literatures and achieved a certain international recognition.

At the end of the 19th century there emerged a new wave of literary innovations and experimentation that ushered in the modern era. This volume covers writers whose positions and reputations were established and consolidated prior to the 1960s.

These critical studies propose innovative readings and reformulations of the texts and authors that stand as representative of the period. It examines the experiences of the discovery, conquest and colonization of the new territories as well as texts from the Baroque period.