Luis Leal An Auto/Biography |
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| Author:
| García, Mario T. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-292-72828-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2000 |
| Publisher: | University of Texas Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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* Professor Luis Leal is one of the most outstanding scholars of Mexican, Latin American, and Chicano literatures and the dean of Mexican American intellectuals * Draws out the connections between literature and history that have been a primary focus of Leal's work * Elicits Leal's assessment of many of the prominent writers he has known and studied, including Mariano Azuela, William Faulkner, Octavio Paz, Carlos Fuentes, Juan Rulfo, Gabriel GarcÍa MÁrquez, Jorge Luis Borges, TomÁs...
More Description* Professor Luis Leal is one of the most outstanding scholars of Mexican, Latin American, and Chicano literatures and the dean of Mexican American intellectuals * Draws out the connections between literature and history that have been a primary focus of Leal's work * Elicits Leal's assessment of many of the prominent writers he has known and studied, including Mariano Azuela, William Faulkner, Octavio Paz, Carlos Fuentes, Juan Rulfo, Gabriel GarcÍa MÁrquez, Jorge Luis Borges, TomÁs Rivera, Rolando Hinojosa, Rudolfo Anaya, Elena Poniatowska, Sandra Cisneros, Richard RodrÍguez, and Ana Castillo