by José Miguel Oviedo · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420647203
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«Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana» (vol. 4: De Borges al presente) is the essay by José Miguel Oviedo, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback.
The volume covers Spanish American literature from the twentieth century to the present, starting with Borges. Oviedo combines the general overview with studies of key authors and texts, with attention to the boom and figures such as García Márquez, Cortázar and Vargas Llosa. Each chapter offers selected bibliography; at the end, an index of names and a general bibliography.
Fourth volume of the series «Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana», published in the Alianza Universidad Textos collection.
Aimed at students and readers interested in Spanish American literary history and its major twentieth-century authors.
José Miguel Oviedo was a Peruvian writer and literary critic, born in Lima. He received his doctorate from the Pontificia Universidad Católica in 1961, afterwards teaching at the same institution. Coming to the US in 1975, he taught at State University of New York, Indiana University, and UCLA. In 1988 he was appointed Trustee Professor of Latin American Literature at the University of Pennsylvania and remained there until his retirement and move to Emeritus Professor in 2000. He was the recipient of important scholarships such as the Rockefeller grant and the Guggenheim fellowship(1972).
