Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The dissenting voice The dissenting voice Martin S. Stabb "Covers period dominated by the boom in the novel, in which all other genres and authors were eclipsed by a handful of novels. Restores many important texts and key aspects of Latin American culture … OL3956551W
The politics of philology The politics of philology Robert T. Conn "The Politics of Philology offers an insightful assessment of how the work of Alfonso Reyes helped to create the role of the writer as a public intellectual in Latin America. Robert T. Conn reconstr… OL6213618W
The Armature of Conquest The Armature of Conquest Beatriz Pastor Bodmer The discovery, exploration, and conquest of the New World is here imaginatively treated as a journey from fantasy to reality, from complicity to rejection, from mythification to criticism. Focusing o… OL8443648W
Spanish American Women's Use of the Word Spanish American Women's Use of the Word Stacey Schlau "Women's participation, both formal and informal, in the creation of what we now call Spanish America is reflected in its literary legacy. Stacey Schlau examines what women from a wide spectrum of cl… OL8584187W
Reconstructing Childhood Reconstructing Childhood Julia A. Kushigian "Reconstructing Childhood challenges the notion of a unilateral analysis of the Bildungsroman from a paradigm that engages four strategies of reading. This interdisciplinary multicultural revision of… OL9659289W