Josefina Niggli, Mexican American writer [electronic resource] : a critical biography / Elizabeth Coonrod Martínez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martinez, Elizabeth Coonrod.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican American authors--20th century--Biography.

Mexican American authors.

Mexican Americans in literature.

Niggli, Josephina, 1910-1983.

Niggli, Josephina.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The work of one of the earliest Mexican American women writers who focused on life lived between two cultures and nations is the subject of this new literary study.

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1: Introduction and Early Life: 1910-1935; SELECTIONS; The Goat-Herder's Song; The Hills of Mexico; A Tourist in a Mexican Town; Monterrey; 2: Playmaking in North Carolina: 1935-1942; SELECTIONS; The Cry of Dolores (1935); Singing Valley, A Comedy of Mexican Village Life (1937); The Ring of General Macías (1938); Fragment from Earlier Draft of The Ring of General Macías; 3: Books and Novels and Hollywood 1942-1953; SELECTIONS; "Dream I" (1944); "Dream II" (1944); "Salt in the Air" (1947); "A Visitor for Domínguez" (1947)

Chapter 7 from Step Down, Elder Brother (1947)""Legend of the Rabbit in the Moon"" from Step Down, Elder Brother; "Chant to the Four World Quarters" (n.d.); Fragment, Niggli's screenplay for Sombrero (1953); ILLUSTRATIONS; 4: A Final Novel and Teaching: 1953-1983; SELECTIONS; Excerpts from unpublished novel Beat the Drum Slowly, ca. 1950's or 1960's; ""Sunday: 11:00 a.m."", a chapter from A Miracle for Mexico (1964); 5: Conclusions: Niggli's Legacy and Resurgence; Notes; Niggli's Works; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-310) and index.

"Niggli's works": p. 298-302.

ISBN:

1-283-63550-X

0-8263-4273-6

OCLC:

817818835