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Philip Swanson
The Cambridge Companion to Gabriel García Márquez
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010
Covers all works as well as life and times, non-fiction, world impact and relationship to cinema
Detailed analysis of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera
Spanish quotations are translated and all specifically Hispanic references/terms explained
Vedi indiceChronology
Introduction Philip Swanson
1. Gabriel García Márquez: life and times Gene H. Bell-Villada
2. The critical reception of García Márquez Donald Shaw
3. Before One Hundred Years of Solitude: the early novels Robin Fiddian
4. One Hundred Years of Solitude Philip Swanson
5. An eco-critical reading of One Hundred Years of Solitude Raymond L. Williams
6. The Autumn of the Patriarch Steven Boldy
7. The General in His Labyrinth Gerald Martin
8. García Márquez's novels of love Mark I. Millington
9. García Márquez's short fiction Stephen Hart
10. García Márquez's non-fiction writings Robert L. Sims
11. García Márquez in film and other media Claire Taylor
12. García Márquez and world fiction Michael Bell
Further reading Pascale Baker
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Efrain Kristal, John King
The Cambridge Companion to Mario Vargas Llosa
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011
One of the major novelists in world literature over the last five decades, Mario Vargas Llosa (b. 1936) is also one of Latin America's most engaging public intellectuals, a critic of art and culture, and a playwright of distinction. This Companion's chapters chart the development of Vargas Llosa's writings from his rise to prominence in the early 1960s to the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010. The volume traces the development of his literary trajectory and the ways in which he has re-invented himself as a writer. His vast output of narrative fiction is the main focus, but the connections between his concerns as a creative writer and his rich career as a cultural and political figure are also teased out in this engaging, informative book.(da sito Cambridge University Press)
Vedi indiceChronology
Introduction Efraín Kristal and John King
1. Reality, rebellion, and the paradox of power: an overview of Mario Vargas Llosa's literary themes Alonso Cueto
2. The early novels Gerald Martin
3. The total novel and the novella Efraín Kristal
4. Humour and irony Michael Wood
5. The historical novel Juan E. de Castro and Nicholas Birns
6. Innocence and corruption Fiona Mackintosh
7. The political novels Deborah Cohn
8. The erotic novels Roy C. Boland
9. The dictator novel Clive Griffin
10. From Utopia to reconciliation Efraín Kristal
11. The essays John King
12. The memoir Kelly Austin
13. The plays Evelyn Fishburn
14. Film and the novels Carolina Sitnisky
15. The interview Efraín Kristal and John King with Mario Vargas Llosa
Further reading
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John King
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American Culture
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
The term Latin America refers to the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking states created in the early 1820s following the wars of independence, states that differed enormously in geographical and demographical scale, ethnic composition and economic resources, yet shared distinct historical and cultural traits. Specially-commissioned essays by leading experts explore the unity and diversity of the region's cultural expressions. These essays analyse history and politics from the nineteenth century to the present day and consider the heritage of pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America. There is a particular focus on narrative as well as on poetry, art and architecture, music, cinema, theatre, and broader issues of popular culture. A final chapter looks at the strong and rapidly expanding influence of latino/a culture in the United States. A chronology and guides to further reading are included, making this volume an invaluable introduction to the rich and varied culture of modern Latin America. (da sito Cambridge University press)
Vedi indiceList of illustrations
Notes on contributors
Acknowledgements
Notes on translations
Chronology of major events
Map 1: Latin America, 1830
Map 2: Latin America, 2000
Introduction John King
1. Pre-Columbian and colonial Latin America Anthony McFarlane
2. Latin America since independence James Dunkerley
3. Spanish American narrative, 1810–1920 Gwen Kirkpatrick
4. Spanish American narrative, 1920–1970 Jason Wilson
5. Spanish American narrative since 1970 Gerald Martin
6. Brazilian narrative Randal Johnson
7. Latin American poetry William Rowe
8. Popular culture in Latin America Vivian Schelling
9. Art and architecture in Latin America Valerie Fraser
10. Tradition and transformation in Latin American music Catherine den Tandt and Richard Young
11. The theatre space in Latin America Catherine Boyle
12. Cinema in Latin America John King
13. Hispanic USA: literature, music and language Ilan Stavans
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Efraín Kristal
The Cambridge Companion to the Latin American Novel
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005
The diverse countries of Latin America have produced a lively and ever evolving tradition of novels, many of which are read in translation all over the world. This Companion offers a broad overview of the novel's history and analyses in depth several representative works by, for example, Gabriel García Márquez, Machado de Assis, Isabel Allende and Mario Vargas Llosa. The essays collected here offer several entryways into the understanding and appreciation of the Latin American novel in Spanish-speaking America and Brazil. The volume conveys a real sense of the heterogeneity of Latin American literature, highlighting regions whose cultural and geopolitical particularities are often overlooked. Indispensable to students of Latin American or Hispanic studies and those interested in comparative literature and the development of the novel as genre, the Companion features a comprehensive bibliography and chronology and concludes with an essay about the success of Latin American novels in translation. (Da sito Cambridge University Press)
Vedi indiceIntroduction Efraín Kristal
Part I. History:
1. The nineteenth-century Latin American novel Naomi Lindstrom
2. The regional novel and beyond Brian Gollnick
3. The boom of the Latin American novel John King
4. The post-boom novel Philip Swanson
Part II. Heterogeneity:
5. The Brazilian novel Piers Armstrong
6. The Caribbean novel William Luis
7. The Andean novel Ismael Marquez
8. The Central American novel Roy C. Boland Osegueda
Part III. Gender and Sexuality:
9. Gender studies Catherine Davies
10. The lesbian and gay novel in Latin America Daniel Balderston and José Maristany
Part IV. Six Novels:
11. Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis Marta Peixoto
12. Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo Jason Wilson
13. The Passion according to G. H. by Clarice Lispector Claire Williams
14. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez Steven Boldy
15. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Stephen Hart
16. The War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa Michelle Clayton
Part V. Epilogue:
17. The Latin American novel in English translation Suzanne Jill Levine
Bibliography Kelly Austin and Ryan Kernan.
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by Sara Castro-Klaren (Editor)
A Companion to Latin American Literature and Culture
Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008