A History of Colombian Literature

A History of Colombian Literature explores the genealogy of Colombian literature from the colonial period to the present day.

Raymond Leslie Williams (Edited by)

9781107441453, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 February 2023

527 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.847 kg

In recent decades, the international recognition of Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez has placed Colombian writing on the global literary map. A History of Colombian Literature explores the genealogy of Colombian poetry and prose from the colonial period to the present day. Beginning with a comprehensive introduction that charts the development of a national literary tradition, this History includes extensive essays that illuminate the cultural and political intricacies of Colombian literature. Organized thematically, these essays survey the multilayered verse and fiction of such diverse writers as José Eustacio Rivera, Tomás Carrasquilla, Alvaro Mutis, and Darío Jaramillo Agudelo. Written by a host of leading scholars, this History also devotes special attention to the lasting significance of colonialism and multiculturalism in Colombian literature. This book is of pivotal importance to the development of Colombian writing and will serve as an invaluable reference for specialists and students alike.

1. Colonial realities and colonial literature in 'Colombia' Michael Palencia-Roth
2. Cosmography, ethnography, and the literary imagination of the new kingdom of Granada Elizabeth Pettinaroli
3. Colombian poetry from the colonial period to the modernismo (1500–1920) James Alstrum
4. Reflections on the historiography of the Colombian novel, 1844–1953 and beyond Kevin Guerrieri
5. Modern Colombian poetry: from modernism to the twenty-first century James Alstrum
6. The Colombian novel in the late twentieth century Raymond L. Williams and Marina Nájera
7. Twenty-first century fiction Claire Taylor and Raymond L. Williams
8. Colombian theater: staging the sociopolitical body Lucia Garavito
9. The Colombian essay Héctor Hoyos
10. Literature, culture, and society of the Magdalena Rivera Rory O'Bryen
11. The highland region as seen by an outsider inside, and an insider outside Juan Carlos González Espitia
12. Racial fictions: constructing whiteness in nineteenth-century Colombian literature Mercedes López Rodriguez
13. Literature and culture in Antioquia: between stories and accounts Juan Luis Mejía
14. Colombian marginalized literatures Valentin González-Bohórquez and Diana Dodson-Lee
15. García Márquez as public intellectual Gene Bell-Villada
16. Women writers in Colombia Claire Taylor
17. Colombian queer narrative Gina Ponde de Leon
18. Extracting nature: toward an ecology of Colombian narrative Mark Anderson and Marcela Reales
19. Visions of nature: Colombian literature and the environment from the colonial period to the nineteenth century Ana Maria Mutis and Elizabeth Pettinaroli
20. The intersections between poetry and fiction in two Colombian writers of the twentieth century: Alvaro Mutis and Dario Jaramillo Agudelo Enrique Salas-Durazo
21. Colombian literature: national treasure or fraud? Dario Jaramillo Agudelo
22. Colonial legacies and Colombian literature: postcolonial considerations Elzbieta Sklodowska.

Subject Areas: Colonialism & imperialism [HBTQ], History of the Americas [HBJK], Literary reference works [DSR], Literary studies: general [DSB]