Historical dictionary of Latin American literature and theater /Richard Young, Odile Cisneros.
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, (c)2011.
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 719 pages).
- Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts ; no. 45 .
Includes bibliographical references.
Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Reader's Note; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Bibliography; About the Authors.
The Historical Dictionary of Latin American Literature and Theater provides users with an accessible single-volume reference tool covering Portuguese-speaking Brazil and the 16 Spanish-speaking countries of continental Latin America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela). Entries for authors, ranging from the early colonial period to the present, give succinct biographical data and an account of the author's literary production, with particular attention to their most promin.
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