Hispanic American Literature : An Anthology

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Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-07-01
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Summary

A wide range of Hispanic American authors is represented in this comprehensive anthology. Thematically structured, it presents a wide variety of literature, form the chronicles of early Spanish explorers, folklore, and corridos - literature of the oral tradition - to contemporary poetry, short stories, novel excerpts, and memoirs.A Historical overview of Hispanic American literary traditions is given, explaining how Spanish came to the New World and how Hispanic American literature was formed.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Introduction xiii
A Sense of Place
1(54)
from The Account
2(11)
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Canto III
13(14)
Gaspar Perez de Villagra
from Memorial
27(11)
Gonzalo Solis de Meras
from The Memoirs of Bernardo Vega
38(7)
Bernardo Vega
Our America
45(10)
Jose Marti
The Oral Tradition
55(26)
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
57(5)
Americo Paredes
Indigenous Profile
62(8)
Maria Cadilla de Martinez
The Prize of Freedom
70(4)
Lydia Cabrera
Corridos
74(5)
Maria Herrera-Sobek
La Llorona Anonymous
79(2)
The Value of Family
81(18)
familia
82(3)
Tato Laviera
Progress Report for a Dead Father To My Father
85(4)
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Black & White Photo
89(2)
Pedro Pietri
Dear Tia
91(2)
Carolina Hospital
The Moths
93(6)
Helena Maria Viramontes
Innocence Is a Child
99(43)
from Bless Me, Ultima
100(12)
Rudolfo A. Anaya
The Indian Ruins
112(8)
Jose Marti
Tales Told Under the Mango Tree
120(11)
Judith Ortiz Cofer
My Name
131(3)
Sandra Cisneros
The Night Before Christmas
134(8)
Tomas Rivera
Coming of Age
142(57)
Doubt
142(2)
Jose Gautier Benitez
A Perfect Hotspot
144(7)
Virgil Suarez
An Awakening ... Summer 1956
151(7)
Nicholasa Mohr
from The Greatest Performance
158(7)
Elias Miguel Munoz
night vigil
165(7)
Evangelina Vigil-Pinon
Love and Romance
from Dear Rafe
172(6)
Rolando Hinojosa
A Romeo and Juliet Story in Early New Mexico
178(8)
Fray Angelico Chavez
Transference
186(3)
Sandra Maria Esteves
Eva and Daniel
189(5)
Tomas Rivera
First Love
194(5)
Gary Soto
Strangers at Home
199(44)
from Nilda
200(7)
Nicholasa Mohr
Sun Images
207(22)
Estela Portillo-Trambley
from A Stranger in One's Land
229(8)
Ruben Salazar
Bitter Sugar: Why Puerto Ricans Leave Home
237(6)
Jesus Colon
Migrants and Exiles
243(32)
For the Color of My Mother
245(3)
Cherrie Moraga
from Our House in the Last World
248(17)
Oscar Hijuelos
Thoughts on a Sunday Afternoon
265(4)
Joan Baez
Borinkins in Hawaii
269(6)
Victor Hernandez Cruz
Empowering the People
275(28)
Nuyorican Lament
277(4)
Gloria Vando
Los Vendidos
281(11)
Luis Valdez
Murrieta on the Hill
292(4)
Sergio Elizondo
Arise, Chicano
296
Angela de Hoyos
I Am Joaquin
229(74)
Rodolfo ``Corky'' Gonzales
Defining Womanhood, Assuming Manhood
303(48)
Filomena
304(17)
Roberta Fernandez
Shooting Stars
321(10)
Denise Chavez
A Thanksgiving Celebration (Amy)
331(9)
Nicholasa Mohr
To Be a Man
340(3)
Gary Soto
Women Are Not Roses
343(2)
Ana Castillo
The Goat Incident
345(6)
Virgil Suarez
Constructing the Self
351(38)
Seeing Snow Dedication
352(3)
Gustavo Perez Firmat
To Free Cuba
355(4)
Evangelina Cossio y Cisneros
The Angel Juan Moncho
359(15)
Ed Vega
from Becky and Her Friends
374(5)
Rolando Hinojosa
Amigo Brothers
379(10)
Piri Thomas
The Cosmic Race
389(20)
La Doctora Barr
390(5)
Mary Helen Ponce
San Antonio Phantasmagoria Barrios of the World Latinos
395(6)
Ricardo Sanchez
A Child to Be Born
401(3)
Alberto Urista
puerto rican
404(2)
Tato Laviera
My Race
406(3)
Jose Marti
Acknowledgments 409(4)
Author-Title Index 413

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