A History of Colombian Literature

Author:   Raymond Leslie Williams (University of California, Riverside)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107441453


Pages:   527
Publication Date:   16 February 2023
Format:   Paperback
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A History of Colombian Literature


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In recent decades, the international recognition of Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez has placed Colombian writing on the global literary map. A History of Colombian Literature explores the genealogy of Colombian poetry and prose from the colonial period to the present day. Beginning with a comprehensive introduction that charts the development of a national literary tradition, this History includes extensive essays that illuminate the cultural and political intricacies of Colombian literature. Organized thematically, these essays survey the multilayered verse and fiction of such diverse writers as José Eustacio Rivera, Tomás Carrasquilla, Alvaro Mutis, and Darío Jaramillo Agudelo. Written by a host of leading scholars, this History also devotes special attention to the lasting significance of colonialism and multiculturalism in Colombian literature. This book is of pivotal importance to the development of Colombian writing and will serve as an invaluable reference for specialists and students alike.

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Author:   Raymond Leslie Williams (University of California, Riverside)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.847kg
ISBN:  

9781107441453


ISBN 10:   1107441455
Pages:   527
Publication Date:   16 February 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Colonial realities and colonial literature in 'Colombia' Michael Palencia-Roth; 2. Cosmography, ethnography, and the literary imagination of the new kingdom of Granada Elizabeth Pettinaroli; 3. Colombian poetry from the colonial period to the modernismo (1500–1920) James Alstrum; 4. Reflections on the historiography of the Colombian novel, 1844–1953 and beyond Kevin Guerrieri; 5. Modern Colombian poetry: from modernism to the twenty-first century James Alstrum; 6. The Colombian novel in the late twentieth century Raymond L. Williams and Marina Nájera; 7. Twenty-first century fiction Claire Taylor and Raymond L. Williams; 8. Colombian theater: staging the sociopolitical body Lucia Garavito; 9. The Colombian essay Héctor Hoyos; 10. Literature, culture, and society of the Magdalena Rivera Rory O'Bryen; 11. The highland region as seen by an outsider inside, and an insider outside Juan Carlos González Espitia; 12. Racial fictions: constructing whiteness in nineteenth-century Colombian literature Mercedes López Rodriguez; 13. Literature and culture in Antioquia: between stories and accounts Juan Luis Mejía; 14. Colombian marginalized literatures Valentin González-Bohórquez and Diana Dodson-Lee; 15. García Márquez as public intellectual Gene Bell-Villada; 16. Women writers in Colombia Claire Taylor; 17. Colombian queer narrative Gina Ponde de Leon; 18. Extracting nature: toward an ecology of Colombian narrative Mark Anderson and Marcela Reales; 19. Visions of nature: Colombian literature and the environment from the colonial period to the nineteenth century Ana Maria Mutis and Elizabeth Pettinaroli; 20. The intersections between poetry and fiction in two Colombian writers of the twentieth century: Alvaro Mutis and Dario Jaramillo Agudelo Enrique Salas-Durazo; 21. Colombian literature: national treasure or fraud? Dario Jaramillo Agudelo; 22. Colonial legacies and Colombian literature: postcolonial considerations Elzbieta Sklodowska.

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Raymond L. Williams is Distinguished Professor of Spanish at the University of California, Riverside. His scholarly work has been recognized in Colombia with the Order of San Carlos. His books include The Twentieth-Century Spanish American Novel, The Modern Latin American Novel, and The Colombian Novel, 1844–1987.

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