Aproximaciones al estudio de la literatura hispánica - Softcover

Virgillo, Carmelo; Friedman, Edward; Valdivieso, Teresa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0073385379 ISBN 13: 9780073385372

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2011

Synopsis

More than just an anthology, Aproximaciones al estudiode la literatura hispánica is an introduction to literary analysis with readings from Spanish and Spanish-American literature. Organized by the four genres ofprose, poetry, drama, and the essay, the text providesa rich and diverse array of reading selections. Eachsection is accompanied by an introduction to the genre,and each reading includes a wealth of exercises thathelp students gain an understanding and appreciationof literature from the Spanish-speaking world.

About this title

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APROXIMACIONES AL ESTUDIO DE LA LITERATURA HISPANICA

About the Author:

Carmelo Virgillo (Ph.D , Indiana University, Bloomington) is Professor Emeritus of Romance Languages at Arizona State University, Tempe, where he taught Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian at the undergraduate and graduate levels from 1965 to 1993. In addition to serving as coordinator of Portuguese and Hispanic literature, he directed Arizona State University's programs in Florence and Siena, Italy (1982 and 1990). He was also book review editor of the Latin American Digest. His publications include Correspondï¿ncia de Machado de Assis com Magalhï¿es de Azeredo (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Instituto Nacional do Livro Ministï¿rio da Educaï¿ï¿o y Cultura, 1969), Woman as Myth and Metaphor in Latin American Literature with Naomi E. Lindstrom (Columbus University of Missouri Press, 1985), and Blbliografï¿a analï¿tico-descritiva de Henriqueta Lisboa (Rio de Janeiro: Josï¿ Olympia Editora, 1992). He also authored and co-authored numerous articles and essays on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Spanish, Spanish-American, and Brazilian literature. In addition, he was a contributor to the Suplemento literï¿rio do Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil). The recipient of several nominations for excellence in teaching, he has been cited by the Italian Ministry of Education for his career-long development of and contributions to the promotion of Italian studies in the United States. He is currently researching a new book on Hispanic civilization.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0073385379
• ISBN 13: 9780073385372
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464