Aproximaciones al estudio de la literatura hispanica [Paperback]

Carmelo Virgillo (Author), Teresa Valdivieso (Author), Edward Friedman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 14, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0072558466 | ISBN-13: 978-0072558463 | Edition: 5th

More than just an anthology of Spanish and Spanish American literature, this text is also an introduction to literary analysis. Organized by genres (prose, poetry, drama, and the essay), it provides a rich and diverse array of reading selections. Each section is accompanied by an introduction and exercises.

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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 Correspondência de Machado de Assis com Magalhães de Azeredo (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Instituto Nacional do Livro Ministério da Educação y Cultura, 1969), Woman as Myth and Metaphor in Latin American Literature with Naomi E. Lindstrom (Columbus University of Missouri Press, 1985), and Blbliografía analítico-descritiva de Henriqueta Lisboa (Rio de Janeiro: José 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 literário 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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 5th edition (November 14, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072558466
• ISBN-13: 978-0072558463
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #464,828 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spanish literature made easy, May 18, 2001

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Carolina (Tucson, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Aproximaciones al estudio de la literatura hispanica (Paperback)

Aproximaciones is a wonderful tool for the student learning about Spanish literature. The selections are well analyzed by the author and the biographies provide an overview of the cultures and perspectives of the different time periods. The chronological order of the readings makes it easy to understand the different stages of the Spanish literature and the various literary movements affecting the arts, the philosophy, and society of medieval to modern times.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From a future literary critic, January 13, 2000

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N. Shevchuk (Lincoln, NE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aproximaciones al estudio de la literatura hispanica (Paperback)

This is an extremely helpful book for those who start studying literary analysis in Spanish as well as for very green literary scholars. The introduction to the special terms is easy to follow and the english equivalents are in their right places and don't distract you. Go ahead, you'll love using it in your Spanish or literary analysis class!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting diverse book, September 5, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Aproximaciones Al Estudio De LA Literatura Hispanica (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

The book Aproximaciones is a great book about Hispanic literature. There are short stories of narrative, and drama. I specially like the poems of many famous Hispanic authors of all time. This book is nice because if there is a hard vocabulary word, they give the other meaning of it in Spanish and sometimes in English too. Before each reading there is a little biography about the author you are going to read about It is truly a really good book, I recommend to all interested in great literature reading in Spanish.