The literary history of Spanish America

By Alfred Coester

Book Overview

From conquistador chronicles to modernismo, Spanish America wrote itself into the world long before it was read with care. A continent finds its voice. Alfred Coester maps that emergence in The Literary History of Spanish America, a lucid literary history survey that moves across regions and centuries while keeping an eye on the writers behind the milestones. Part narrative, part scholarly literary criticism, it traces the growth of spanish american literature from colonial Spanish America through the upheavals of 19th century Latin America, following the rise of nations, presses, salons, and classrooms. You meet the forces that shaped latin american literary movements, and the dialogue between Iberian inheritances and American realities, as Coester situates hispanic authors and poets within a larger ibero-american cultural history. Written as an academic reference book but alive to style and ideas, this literary studies reference remains a valuable bridge between specialist scholarship and informed curiosity. It has long served as a university literature textbook and a starting point for hispanic literature studies, offering context for canonical names and overlooked traditions alike. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, it is restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure for readers who want a dependable guide, and for classic-literature collectors building a library of enduring historical perspectives. For researchers, it offers chronology and critical vocabulary; for curious readers, it opens pathways into poetry, essays, theatre, and ideas that still shape the hemisphere.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353609534
• ISBN13: 9789353609535
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 514 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"