Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at Washington University in Saint Louis. His
chronicles a story more than five hundred years in the making, looking at the development of literary
culture in Mexico from its indigenous beginnings to
aesthetics, ideology, and cultural institutions in
the twenty-first century. Featuring a comprehensive
Mexico. He is the author of Screening Neoliberalism:
introduction that charts the development of a complex
Transforming Mexican Cinema 1988–2012.
canon, this History includes extensive essays that illuminate the cultural and political intricacies of Mexican
A HISTORY OF
research focuses on the relationship between
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H I S T O R Y O F M E X I C A N L I T E R AT U R E
MEXICA N l it e r at u r e
I G N A C I O M . S Á N C H E Z P R A D O is
A HISTORY OF
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H I S T O R Y O F M E X I C A N L I T E R AT U R E chronicles a story more than five hundred years in the making, looking at the development of literary
culture in Mexico from its indigenous beginnings to the twenty-first century. Featuring a comprehensive introduction that charts the development of a complex canon, this History includes extensive essays that illuminate the cultural and political intricacies of Mexican
A N N A M . N O G A R is Associate Professor
literature. Organized thematically, these essays survey
of Hispanic Southwest Studies in the Department
the multilayered verse and fiction of such diverse
of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of
writers as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mariano Azuela,
New Mexico. She specializes in colonial-era
Xavier Villaurrutia, and Octavio Paz. Written by a host
Mexican literature and culture. She is coeditor,
of leading scholars, this History also devotes special
with Oswaldo Estrada, of Colonial Itineraries of
attention to the lasting significance of colonialism and
Contemporary Mexico: Literary and Cultural
multiculturalism in Mexican literature. This book is of
Inquiries.
pivotal importance to the development of Mexican
pivotal importance to the development of Mexican
writing and will serve as an invaluable reference for
writing and will serve as an invaluable reference for
specialists and students alike.
specialists and students alike.
J O S É R A M Ó N R U I S Á N C H E Z S E R R A is Associate Professor of Latin American Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Houston. He has contributed to such journals as PMLA, Revista de Mexicana. He is the author of Historias que regresan: topología y renarración en la segunda mitad del siglo XX mexicano.
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Sánchez Prado Nogar Ruisánchez Serra
Estudios Hispánicos, and Revista de Literatura
EDITED BY
Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado Anna M. Nogar José Ramón Ruisánchez Serra
literature. Organized thematically, these essays survey the multilayered verse and fiction of such diverse writers as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mariano Azuela, Xavier Villaurrutia, and Octavio Paz. Written by a host of leading scholars, this History also devotes special attention to the lasting significance of colonialism and multiculturalism in Mexican literature. This book is of