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Latino Literature in the US

Latino Literature
in the US.

Video
The Beauty of the Castillian Language Through Literature in Spanish

Article Preface
"US Latino Literature: An Essay and Annotated Bibliography" by Marc Zimmerman.

Proyecto Ensayo Hispánico: An anthology of authors and their cultural context.

Bilingual Review Press
Online catalog, at the University of Arizona (Hispanic Research Center).

Arte Público Press
Online catalog; editorials of Latino literature in the US.

Annotated bibliography
of Latino literature in the US, constructed by Margo Gutiérrez.

Article and Annotated Bibliography of Latino Literature for young adults

Bibliography
of feminist Chicana literature. Access to the following databases at the University of California, Long Beach: Chicano Database, Ethnic NewsWatch, Gender Watch, Women Studies Abstracts.


 

Latin American Literature

University of Texas
A very useful guide, full of online information about Latin American Literature.

University of Texas website
designed by the LARRP (Latin Americanist Research Resources Project) that offers a directory of publications related to Latin America. Additionally, contains a database with presidential speeches from every Latin American country since the beginning of the 19th Century.

Literary information
across the Latin American continent.

Literary information

Mexican literature
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.

Dartmouth College
The Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Project.

Gabriela Mistral
Website at the University of Chile.

Mexican literature
"Visión de los vencidos."

University of Aarhus (Denmark)
Jorge Luis Borges.

Videos for purchase
Links to website main page, where the search for "Spanish literature" gives access to 13 pages full of films with literary content.

Spanish language and history

University of Texas
Director of general information on Latin American countries. Organized by country, one finds information on the government of each country, research material, info on art and culture, organizations of varying types, etc.

Cervantes Institute
A special section on Luis Borges.

Writers
Borges, Vargas Llosa, Cortázar, García Márquez, others.

Powerful Hispanic and Latin-American Images Revealed in Picture Books (For Children)

Annotated Bibliography of Children's Literature
focusing on Latino people, history, and culture.


 

Spanish Literature

Spanish Literature
Site with information on the primary literary trends and figures.

Brief summary
of the principal movements in Spanish literature, from its beginnings until the 20th Century.

Parnaseo, cyber-path through literature
A site funded by Spain's Ministry of Culture and by the "Generalitat Valenciana." Access to online magazines and specialty bookstores.

Biography and links of Camilo José Cela

Foundation
of Juan Ramón Jiménez.

Cervantes Project
at Texas A&M University.

Abel Martín
Scholarly Magazine on Antonio Machado.

El Inca
"Primera parte de los comentarios reales," by Gracilaso de la Vega.

Francisco de Quevedo
Website at the University of Santiago de Compostela.

Video
The Beauty of the Castillian Language Through Literature in Spanish.

The life of Lazarillo de Tormes
Parallel text in English/Spanish of the picaresque novel.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Spanish dramaturge, poet and novelist, author of the novel "El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha," considered the first modern novel of universal literature. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra lived a life of danger, of which little is known with certainty.

Biography of Spanish writers and of other nationalities
Videos available for purchase (video in Spanish).

 


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