Luis Leal

Gebundenes Buch

A Luis Leal Reader

Beschreibung

Since his first publication in 1942, Luis Leal has likely done more than any other writer or scholar to foster a critical appreciation of Mexican, Chicano, and Latin American literature and culture. This book offers a representative selection of Leal's writings from the past several years.

Autor

LUIS LEAL has been a member of the faculty of the University of California at Santa Barbara since 1976. In 1991 he received the Aztec Eagle from the Mexican government and in 1997, the National Humanities Medal from President Clinton. Each year the Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature is presented to a landmark work in Latino literature. ILAN STAVANS is Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture and Five-College 40th Anniversary Professor at Amherst College. His recent books include Dictionary Days: A Defining Passion (Graywolf, 2005), and On Borrowed Words: A Memoir ofLanguage (Penguin, 2002). He is also the author of Bandido: The Death and Resurrection of Oscar "Zeta" Acosta (2003) and The Disappearance: A Novella and Stories (2006), both published by Northwestern University Press.

Produktdetails

• Latino Voices
• Verlag: Northwestern University Press
• Us and Second
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 161mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 776g
• ISBN-13: 9780810124189
• ISBN-10: 0810124181
• Artikelnr.: 22716240