The Modern Latin American Novel

Series Editor: Herbert Sussman, Northeastern University

The volumes in this series examine significant literary foundations of the novel, by applying the most recent critical approaches: Marxism, feminism, structuralism, and others. Each volume surveys a specific novel-writing tradition, and includes:

A chronology listing publication dates of major novels, birth and death dates of novelists, and dates of significant events

An introductory overview of the novels and their critical reception

A summary of the state of the criticism

Primary and secondary source bibliographies