Sunday, November 25, 2012

An Anthology of Spanish American Literature

Hespelt, Ernest Herman, An Anthology of Spanish American Literature, New York: F.S. Crofts & Co., 1947. [Prepared under the auspices of the Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana by a committee consisting of E. Herman Hespelt, Chairman and Editor, Irving A. Leonard, John A. Crow, John T. Reid & John E. Englekirk]

From the authors’ Preface:
This Anthology of Spanish American Literature has been prepared as a companion volume to the Outline History of Spanish American Literature, published by the same committee under the auspices of the Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana…

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Each of the members of the committee of editors is responsible for that part of the Anthology which corresponds to the section he prepared for the Outline History:
Section A, “The Colonial Period (1519 – 1808),” Irving A. Leonard, University of Michigan.
Section B, “The Period of Struggle for Independence (1808 – 1826),” John T. Reid, University of California at Los Angeles
Section C, “The Nineteenth Century before Modernism (1826 – 1888),” E. Herman Hespelt, New York University
Section D “Modernism – Realism (1888 – 1910),” John A. Crow, University of California at Los Angeles.
Section E “The Contemporary Period (1910 - ),” John E. Englekirk, Tulane University.

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