Confronting our canons : Spanish and Latin American studies in the 21st century / Joan L. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Joan Lipman, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canon (Literature).

Spanish literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Spanish literature.

Spanish American literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Spanish American literature.

Spanish literature--Study and teaching.

Spanish American literature--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewisburg, PA : Bucknell University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Introduction: what is a canon and why does it matter?

The canon backstory: literary canon formation in western history

Modern canons: from least to most consensual

The Hispanic literary canon: contents of an album

The Hispanic literary canon's missing contents

Factors that make a work canonical

The literary canon: a mandate for reform

Appendix: tables.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8387-5813-4

OCLC:

697516761