num_pages: 690
description: Volume 1 begins with pre-Columbian traditions and the first contact with European culture, and continues through to the end of the nineteenth century. New World historiography, epic poetry, theater, the novel, and the essay form are among the areas covered in this comprehensive and authoritative treatment.
language: English
title: The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature, Volume 1: Discovery to Modernism
publisher: Cambridge University Press