Guides/Latin American Literature
Julie Still, Reference Librarian

Contents:

• Literary Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
• Biographical/Critical Sources
• Bibliographies
• Serial Bibliographies and Indexes
• Sources for the Study of Latin American Theater

Diccionario de Literatura Espanola (REF PQ6006.D5 1964).

Covers all periods of Spanish literature; includes biographies, articles on literary forms, literary terms, etc.

Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century (1975) (REF PN774.L433).

Articles on important authors, literary movements, genre, and national literatures.

Handbook of Latin American Literature (REF PQ7081.A1H36 1987).

Essays on the literatures of individual countries.

Newmark, M. Dictionary of Spanish Literature (REF PQ6006.N4 1957A).

Presents brief biographical sketches of Spanish and Spanish American authors and definitions of terms.

Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature (1980) (REF PQ6006.O93).

Articles on authors, individual works, allusions, places, and general survey articles.

Caribbean Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical-Critical Encyclopedia (REF PN849.C3C3).

Cortes, Eladio. Dictionary of Mexican Literature (REF PQ7106.D53 1992).

Contains approximately 500 entries covering the most important writers, literary schools, and cultural movements in Mexican literary history. Emphasis on 20th century figures.

Flores, Angel. Spanish American Authors: The Twentieth Century. (REF PQ 7081.3 F57 1992)

Foster, D.W. Modern Latin American Literature (REF PQ7081.F63 1975).

Provides reprints of criticism of the works of 137 major 20th Century Latin American authors. Also see Contemporary Literary Criticism (REF PN 771.C59) for excerpts from criticism of Latin American writers.

Hill, M.D. Puerto Rican Authors; A Biobibliographic Handbook (1974) (REF Z1556.H55).

Biographical information on Puerto Rican writers from 1493 to the present.

Hispanic Literature Criticism. (REF PQ 7081 .A1 H573 1994)

Kanellos, Nicolas. Biographical Dictionary of Hispanic Literature in the United States: the Literature of Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, & Other Hispanic Writers (REF PQ7420.2.K3 1989).

Emphasis is on Puerto Rican and other Hispanic writers in the United States.

Latin American Writers (REF PQ7081.A1L37 1989).

Extended essays on Latin American writers from Las Casas to the present. Index to the set is in the back of Vol.3.

Magill, Frank N. Masterpieces of Latino Literature (REF PQ 7081 .A1 M29 1994)

Marting, Diane E. Spanish American Women Writers (REF PQ7081.S63 1990).

Ocampo de Gomez, A.M. Diccionario de Escritores Mexicanos (1967) (REF PQ7106.O24).

Biographical information on Mexican authors with bibliographical notes.

Wilson Author Series is a series of biographical dictionaries which include a number of Spanish and Spanish American authors from 1000 to the present. The index, which covers volumes published up to 1980, is titled Index to The Wilson Author Series (REF PN451.I5 1986).

Bleznick, D.W. A Sourcebook for Hispanic Literature and Language: A Selected, Annotated Guide to Spanish, Spanish American, and Chicano Bibliography, Literature, Linguistics, Journals... (REF PC4071.B55 1983).

Guide to reference books, histories and anthologies; does not include criticism on individual authors.

Flores, A. Bibliografia de Escritores Hispanoamericanos, 1609-1974 - A Bibliography of Spanish-American Writers (REF Z1609.L7F55).

Lists writings with bio/critical references.

• Foster, D.W. Mexican Literature: A Bibliography of Secondary Sources (REF PQ7141.A12F67 1992).
• Puerto Rican Literature: A Bibliography of Secondary Sources (REF PQ7421.F67 1982).
• Research Guide to Argentine Literature (1970) (REF Z1621.F66).
• The 20th-Century Spanish-American Novel: A Bibliographic Guide (REF Z1609.F4F68).

The four bibliographies cited above include listings of bibliographies, literary criticism, general histories, and criticism of individual authors.

Gonzalez Olle, F. Manual Bibliografico de Estudios Espanoles (1976) (REF Z2681.G58).

More than 35,000 entries covering literature, language, and culture.

Pedreira, A.S. Bibliografia Puertorriquena (1493-1930) (REF Z1551.P37 1974).

Lists works of Puerto Rican authors for dates indicated.

Rela, W. A Bibliographical Guide to Spanish American Literature; Twentieth-Century Sources (REF PQ7081. R438 1988).

Describes contents of a number of anthologies, bibliographies and critical studies on Latin American literature. The index lists references to critical studies on individual authors included.

Woodbridge, H.C. Spanish and Spanish-American Literature: An Annotated Guide to Selected Bibliographies (REF PQ6033.W66 1983).

Lists important bibliographies on Spanish & Spanish American literature published since 1950. Does not include entries for individual authors.

Zubatsky, D.S. Latin American Literary Authors; an Annotated Guide to Bibliographies (REF PQ7081.Z82 1986).

Lists bibliographies of the writers of novels, dramas, short stories, literary criticisms, etc. Includes references to many of the bibliographies cited above.

The following indexes, which are published quarterly and/or annually, can be used to supplement the bibliographies listed above:

Essay and General Literature Index, 1900+ (Index Tables in Reference Area) .

Index to essays and articles in collections of essays.

Handbook of Latin American Studies, 1935+ (REF Z1605.H23).

Extensive, annotated bibliography of materials relating to Latin American. Materials on Latin American Literature included in Humanities volume.

Humanities Index, 1974+ (Index Table in Reference Area), 1983+ on INFO.

A quarterly index to a selected number of important literary periodicals.

MLA International Bibliography, 1950+ (Index Table in Reference Area), 1963+ on INFO.

An annual index to books and articles published on modern literature.

Year's Work in Modern Language Studies, 1960+ (REF PB1.Y45).

Annual bibliography; summarizes work in modern languages and literatures in narrative form; section on Spanish American literature.

Acuna, R. El Teatro Popular en Hispanoamerica: Una Bibliografia Anotada (1979) (ALEX Z2694.F6A25).

Bibliography on Spanish American theater from Pre-Columbian times to 1970.

Allen, R.F. Teatro Hispanoamericano; Una Bibliografia Anotatado/Spanish American Theatre; An Annotated Bibliography (REF PQ7082.D7A44 1987).

Lists plays by country and author with description of play and location.

Carpenter, C.A. Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism, 1966-1980 (REF PN1621.C37 1986).

This is updated by an annual bibliography in the journal, Modern Drama (PER).

Finch, M.S. "An Annotated Bibliography of Recent Sources on Latin American Theater: General Section, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Peru." (Diss., 1979) (ALEX M/FILM 2520).

Grismer, R.L. Bibliography of the Drama of Spain and Spanish America (1967-69) (REF Z2694.D7G75).

Arrangement is alphabetical by critic; author/critic index at back of Volume.

Hebblethwaite, F.P. A Bibliographical Guide to the Spanish American Theater (1969) (ALEX REF Z1609.T43H4 & DGLS REF Z1609.D7H42).

Hoffman, H.H. Latin american Play Index (REF PQ 7082 .D7 H63).

Includes references to separately published plays, plays in collections and anthologies and plays published in periodicals.

Lamb, R. Bibliografia del Teatro Mexicano del Siglo XX (1962) (Z1424.D7L34).

Alphabetical listing by author of plays; also lists reviews, newspapers, periodicals, anthologies, critical notes.

Lyday, L.F. A Bibliography of Latin American Theater Criticism, 1940-1974 (REF Z1609.D7.L9).

Monterde Garcia Icazbalceta, F. Bibliografia del Teatro en Mexico (1933) (ALEX REF Z1424.D7M7).

Bibliography of works by Mexican authors, including original works, translations and adaptations, and works containing studies on the Mexican theater.

Neglia, E.G. Repertorio Selecto del Teatro Hispanoamericano Contempor'aneo (REF Z1609.D7.N43 1980).

Contains: List of playwrights by country, chronological list of dramas, many anthologies and partial sources for each author.

Toro, F.de. Bibliografia del Teatro Hispano-Americano Contemporaneo, 1900-1980 (ALEX Z1609.D7T67 1985).

(For other sources, see the literature guide on "Drama Criticism" located next to the Reference Desk and the sources listed previously on Spanish & Spanish American Literature.)

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