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An Introduction to Spanish-American Literature » (3rd Edition)

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Authors: Jean Franco
ISBN-13: 9780521449236, ISBN-10: 0521449235
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: March 1995
Edition: 3rd Edition

Author Biography: Jean Franco

Book Synopsis

This is a revised, updated edition of Jean Franco's classic Introduction to Spanish-American Literature, first published in 1969 and much recommended ever since.

	Foreword
	Foreword to the Paperback Edition
	Preface to the Third Edition
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction	1
1	Independence and Literary Emancipation	28
2	Literature and Nationalism	46
3	Literature and American Experience	74
4	To Change Society	92
5	Modernism	119
6	The Rediscovery of the New World	158
7	Regionalism in the Novel and Short Story	193
8	Realism and the Novel: Its Application to Social Protest and Indianist Writing	231
9	The Avant-Garde in Poetry	256
10	Theatre	303
11	Modern Fiction	308
	Conclusion	347
	Notes	354
	Reading Lists	365
	Index of Authors	383