| A Luis Leal Reader Contributor(s): Leal, Luis (Author), Stavans, Ilan (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0810124181 ISBN-13: 9780810124189 Publisher: Northwestern University Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover Published: October 2007 Click for more in this series: Latino Voices |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 810.986 |
| LCCN: 2007012848 |
| Series: Latino Voices |
| Physical Information: 1.35" H x 6.32" W x 9.14" L (1.67 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Features: Dust Cover, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
| Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2008 pg. 253 Choice 02/01/2008 pg. 1165 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since his first publication in 1942, Luis Leal has likely done more than any other writer or scholar to foster a critical appreciation of Mexican, Chicano, and Latin American literature and culture. This volume, bringing together a representative selection of Leal's writings from the past sixty years, is at once a wide-ranging introduction to the most influential scholar of Latino literature and a critical history of the field as it emerged and developed through the twentieth century. Instrumental in establishing Mexican literary studies in the United States, Leal's writings on the topic are especially instructive, ranging from essays on the significance of symbolism, culture, and history in early Chicano literature to studies of the more recent use of magical realism and of individual New Mexican, Tejano, and Mexican authors such as Juan Rulfo, Carlos Fuentes, Jos Montoya, and Mariano Azuela. Clearly and cogently written, these writings bring to bear an encyclopedic knowledge, a deep understanding of history and politics, and an unparalleled command of the aesthetics of storytelling, from folklore to theory. This collection affords readers the opportunity to consider--or reconsider--Latino literature under the deft guidance of its greatest reader. |
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