1st Edition
From Romanticism to Modernismo in Latin America
448 Pages
by
Routledge
The 19th century in Latin America begins with the weakening of the political institutions established by the Spanish Crown, the emergence of a native consciousness and the diffusion of the ideas of the French Revolution and the United States. These articles examine the phenomena that mark the onset of the new century: the series of revolutions and long military struggles for independence that... Read more
Series Introduction, Volume Introduction, Andria Bello (1781-1865), Esteban Echeverria (1805-1851), Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888), Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda (1814-1873), Juan Francisco Manzano (1797-1854), Ricardo Palma (1833-1919), Jos' Hernandez (1834-1886), Manuel Gonzalez Prada (1848-1918), Florencio Sanchez (1875-1910), Jos' Marti (1853-1895), Jos' Asuncion Sliva (1865-1896), Manuel Gutierrez Nijera (1859-1895), Julian del Casal (1863-1893), Ruben Dario (1867-1916), Leopoldo Lugones (1874-1938), Delmira Agustlnl (1886-1914), Ramon Lopez Velarde (1888-1921)
Biography
David William Foster is Regents' Professor of Spanish, Interdisiplinary Humanitics, and Women's Studies and Chair of the Department of Languages and Literatures at Arizona State University. He is the editor of literatura Espanola: una Antologia, Literatura Hispanoamericana: una Antologia, and Handbook of Latin American Literature, Second Edition, all published by Garland.
Daniel Altamiranda is Visiting Assistant Professor at Arizona State University. Former Assistant Professor at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, he has published on literary theory, contemporary Latin American writing and Golden Age Drama.
