Textual Confrontations: Comparative Readings in Latin American Literature

by Alfred J. Mac Adam and Alfred J. MacAdam

In this masterful experiment in truly comparative literary criticism, Alfred J. Mac Adam establishes Latin America's place in the Western literary tradition. By juxtaposing Latin American and Anglo-American texts, he shows how Latin American literature has gone beyond the context of Hispanic letters to borrow from, exploit, and finally extend the Western tradition.

Mac Adam describes the changes that have taken place in Latin American literature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226499901
• ISBN13: 9780226499901
• Release Date: March 1987
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"