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Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition
Access to print and online copies of the newest edition of the CMoS.
Print copies of the MLA style guide.
Dictionary of Literary Biography (in progress)
The following volumes cover Spanish language literature:
Dream of Light & Shadow: Portraits of Latin American Women Writers.
Collects profiles of some of the most outstanding women in Latin American culture.
Grismer, Raymond Leonard. A Reference Index to Twelve Thousand Spanish American Authors; A Guide to the Literature of Spanish America.
Hispanic Writers: A Selection of Sketches from Contemporary Authors.
Hispanic Heritage - Biographies (Gale)
Not limited to writers only.
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Spanish Culture.
Coverage extends from the second half of the nineteenth century to present day, and includes the topics of history, prose, poetry, theater, the arts, and media.
Coerver, Don M. Mexico: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Culture and History.
Dictionary of Latin American Cultural Studies.
A fundamental reference for students and researchers interested in understanding the terminology of the field.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures.
Attempts to trace intercultural relations between Latin America and the Carribean.
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture.
Provides biographical entries for both literary and non-literary persons. Topics include the arts, social organizations, religion, politics, mass and material cultures, daily life, etc.
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
Coverage includes "not only Western Europe but also North America, Brazil, and Iberian, Russian, Jewish, and Eastern European cultures."
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures
Attempts to trace intercultural relations between Latin America and the Carribean.
Cuevas Morales, Silvia. De la "A" a la "Z": diccionario universal bio-bibliogra´fico de autoras que escriben en castellano, siglo XX.
Diccionario de autores iberoamericanos.
Contains short, signed biographies with primary bibliographies. Includes Spanish, Spanish American, and Chicano writers.
Diccionario de literatura española.
Covers Spain and Spanish America. Provides scholarly articles on authors, movements, terms, etc.
Dictionary of the Literature of the Iberian Peninsula.
Covers historical, religious, cultural, and philosophical writings as well as prose, poetry, and drama. Includes Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and Basque authors.
Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature.
Offers selective coverage of the national literatures of the American continent and the Caribbean. Authors' entries include signed critical reviews, with biographical sketches, selected primary and annotated secondary bibliographies, and, in some cases, essays on individual literary works, followed by additional pertinent information. Includes Title index, for both original and English translation titles, and General index.
Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean literature, 1900-2003.
Flores, Angel. Spanish American Authors: The Twentieth Century.
A bio-bibliographic dictionary.
Hispanic Literature Criticism.
"Presents a broad selection of the best criticism of works by major Hispanic writers of the past hundred years" and provides bibliographies for further study. A good introductory source.
Martin, Gerald. Writers from Latin America.
Masterpieces of Latino Literature.
Covers Spanish American, Brazilian, and Chicano writers. Entries include plot summaries and criticisms. Provides Title and Author indexes.
Newmark, Maxim. Dictionary of Spanish Literature.
The Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature.
Provides references to works and criticism of major authors. Includes Spanish American authors. Covers also literary institutions, movements, terms, and styles.
Spanish American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book.
Consists of fairly substantial analytical and biographical studies of fifty most important women writers, from seventeenth century to the present. Includes primary and secondary bibliographies.
Spanish Dramatists of the Golden Age: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook.
Covers 19 playwrights from the end of the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries.
Spanish Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book.
Covers 50 selected writers ranging from the fourteenth to the early twentieth centuries. Entries include biographies, surveys of criticism, and works by and about the authors.
Women Writers of Spain: An Annotated Bio-Bibliographical Guide.
Offers selective coverage of 300 women writers in Spanish literary history. Entries consist of brief biographical data, followed by authors' lists of works with descriptions, in alphabetical order. Includes appendices and Title index.
Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean literature, 1900-2003
Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature
Offers selective coverage of the national literatures of the American continent and the Caribbean. Authors' entries include signed critical reviews, with biographical sketches, selected primary and annotated secondary bibliographies, and, in some cases, essays on individual literary works, followed by additional pertinent information. Includes Title index, for both original and English translation titles, and General index.
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism
A guide to critical theory. Particularly relevant to literature and linguistic studies.
Collection of world histories and histories of literature, music & theatre, philosophy & political thought, and religion.
The Cambridge history of the native peoples of the Americas. Volume 3, South America. Part 1
The Cambridge history of the native peoples of the Americas. Volume 3, South America. Part 2
Indigenous South Americans of the past and present : an ecological perspective
Peoples and cultures of native South America; an anthropological reader
The Indians of Central and South America : an ethnohistorical dictionary
The red land to the south : American Indian writers and indigenous Mexico
Discourse grammar : studies in indigenous languages of Colombia, Panama and Ecuador
The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature.
A very comprehensive multi-volume work. Covers pre-Columbian times to the present. Includes Spanish American writing in the United States. Features extensive bibliographies and indexes.
Handbook of Latin American Literature.
Provides essays on literatures of specific countries written by experts.
Franco, Jean. An Introduction to Spanish-American Literature.
Hart, Stephen M. A Companion to Spanish-American Literature.
Provides an introduction to the main works of the Spanish American literature. Organized by time periods.
Covers world literatures in English. Provides "profiles of authors and texts, and basic knowledge on their cultural contexts." Includes major philosophers and philosophies.
Platas Tasende, Ana María, author. Diccionario de términos literarios.
Alarcon, Norma, and Sylvia Kossnar. Bibliography of Hispanic Women Writers.
Bibliography of women writers listed in the MLA International Bibliography, 1922-1978.
Flores, Angel. Bibliografía de escritores hispanoamericanos, 1609-1974 = A Bibliography of Spanish-American Writers.
Lozano, Stella. Selected Bibliography of Contemporary Spanish-American Writers.
Selected bibliography of critical books, essays, dissertations, interviews, and book reviews of twentieth century women authors.
Moseley, William W. Spanish Literature, 1500-1700: A Bibliography of Golden Age Studies in Spanish and English, 1925-1980.
Lists general and genre studies, followed by bibliographies of individual authors and anonymous works. Includes indexes.
Simon Diaz, Jose. Bibliografía de literatura hispánica.
The most extensive bibliography. Covers literature in a chronological sequence. Includes references to Catalan, Galician, and Basque studies. Features comprehensive indexes.
Bleznick, Donald William. A Sourcebook for Hispanic Literature and Language: A Selected, Annotated Guide to Spanish, Spanish-American, and United States Hispanic Bibliography, Literature, Linguistics, Journals, and Other Source Materials.
Woodbridge, Hensley Charles. Guide to Reference Works for the Study of the Spanish Language and Literature and Spanish American Literature.
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Extensively illustrated and arranged by topic. Offers comprehensive coverage of both geographical areas.