Literatures of Latin America, 1st edition

This extraordinary anthology gathers together a broad selection of representative, authoritative writings—spanning antiquity to the present—from the non-Western civilizations of Latin America. It combines extensive introductions, headnotes, and bibliographies with excellent literary translations of the best contemporary and classical writers. The selections reflect literary, religious, and philosophical traditions and reveal—despite cultural differences—the universality of life experiences.

• Sections organized chronologically.

  • Allows for students to see a development in literature over time periods.

• Early literature divided by languages.

  • Shows students the variety of literatures based on the language.

• Primary literary genres (poetry, fiction and drama) as well as key religious, philosophical, historical, aesthetic, biographical and political texts are covered.

  • Allows for inclusion of contextual discussion of literature and history.

• Substantial and representative selections—Translations chosen with care.

  • Provides instructors with appropriate translations and selections for study and comparison.

• Extensive selection of Pre-Columbian and Post-Columbian oral and written literature.

  • Allows students to read unique works.

• General introductions, section introductions, and extensive headnotes.

  • Provides broad and specific contexts for literary texts.

• Charts in detail—Presents the chronology of major movements between cultures of Latin America.

  • Provides a condensed reference for contextual discussions.