Reinterpreting the Spanish American essay
Subtitle: women writers of the 19th and 20th centuries
By: edited by Doris Meyer.
Contributors: Meyer, Doris.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Texas Pan American series
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Spanish American essays -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Spanish American essays -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Spanish American essays -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- Latin America
Description: "Reading these essayists is essential for gaining an understanding of Latin American literature and culture. Work focuses on feminine perspective, and in doing so, proposes a reinterpretation of the history of the genre. Includes analyses of better-known women writers: Clorinda Matto de Turner, Gabriela Mistral, Alfonsina Storni, Magda Portal, Eduarda Mansilla, Victoria Ocampo, and Rosario Ferré. Major contribution to both the study of the essay and to the work of the women included. Work could have benefitted from the inclusion of less-frequently studied women, since the classic feminist list is becoming repetitive, and, as with work on boom writers, it has nearly reached the point of exhaustion"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.