Encyclopedia of Hispanic-American Literature (Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature)

449 Pages·2008·3.1 MB·English

by  Luz Elena Ramirez

EncyclopEdia of
Hispanic-amErican
litEraturE
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EncyclopEdia of
Hispanic-amErican
litEraturE
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Luz Elena Ramirez
Encyclopedia of Hispanic-American Literature
Copyright © 2008 by Luz Elena Ramirez
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Ramirez, Luz Elena.
The Facts On File encyclopedia of Hispanic-American literature /
Luz Elena Ramirez. — 1st ed.
p. cm. — (Encyclopedia of American ethnic literature)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8160-6084-9 (hc : alk. paper) 1. American literature—Hispanic-American
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Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Entries A to Z 1
Bibliography of General
Secondary Sources 388
Bibliography of Major Works
by Hispanic-American Writers 391
List of Contributors 406
Index 408

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CknowledgmenTs
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I am indebted to the contributors to this volume, afresh by the following contributors: Ritch Cal-
who submitted entries, provided feedback, and vin, Kevin Cole, Ethriam Cash Brammer de
created a dynamic and productive climate for writ- Gonzales, Yolanda Martinez, Rolando Perez, and
ing about Latino literature. Betsy A. Sandlin.
In editing this encyclopedia, I thank for his ex- I am also grateful for the support of colleagues
pertise and direction Executive Editor Jeff Soloway and administrators at California State University,
of Facts On File. In addition, I would like to thank San Bernardino, especially for the sabbatical in
the copy editor, Katy Barnhart, who was thorough 2007 that allowed me to complete the project. Fi-
and thoughtful in her work. nally, I would like to thank Matthew Habich for
Entries were subject to peer review and, once his support and his daughter Kate Habich for en-
in manuscript form, the encyclopedia was read suring the completeness of the manuscript.
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