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Compiled by:
Francisco Garcia
University
Library
Reference Department
Spring 2004
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Research Guide
SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE
The following list is intended to lead you
to sources, which provide useful information relating to Spanish and Latin
American Literature. It illustrates the types and variety of sources that
are available. Titles located in the Reference section on the second floor
are indicated with "REF" before the call number. Additional
resources may be found in the Stacks, "Special Collections"
and in the "Indexes" sections. Many other general reference
sources on the Internet may be reached from the Reference section computers
or from home.
The University Library uses the Library of Congress
Subject Headings (LCSH) list. The six-volume set may be found at the
Reference Desk on the second floor of the Library. Below is a list of sample
headings that suggest patterns. Try searching under the following subject
headings in ToroFind:
- Spanish American Drama
- Spanish American Essays
- Spanish American Fiction
- Spanish American Literature
- Spanish American Prose Literature
- Spanish Drama
- Spanish Essays
- Spanish Farces
- Spanish Fiction
- Spanish Language
- Spanish Literature
- --Classical Period, 1500-1700
- --18th Century
- --19th Century
- --20th Century
- --History and criticism
Spanish American Love Poetry
USE Love poetry, Spanish American
Spanish American Mystery Stories
USE Mystery Stories, Spanish American
Spanish American Nonfiction
Novel
USE Nonfiction Novel, Spanish American
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Guides to Latin American Literature
Bleznick, Donald William, 1924-
A sourcebook for Hispanic literature and language : a selected,
annotated guide to Spanish, Spanish-American, and... 3rd ed.
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c1995. PC4071.Z9 B55 1995
Cortés, Eladio.
Dictionary of Mexican Literature. Westport, CT: Greenwood
Press, 1992. REF PQ 7106 D53 1992.
Encyclopedia of Latin American
History and Culture. New York: Scribner's/Simon &
Schuster Macmillan. 1996. 5 vols. Ref F1406 .E53 1996
Flores, Angel
Spanish American Authors: The Twentieth Century. New
York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1992. REF 7081.3 F57 1992
Foster, David William.
Argentine literature: a research guide / compiled by
David William Foster New York: Garland Pub., 1982 Garland reference library
of the humanities; v. 338 PQ7611 Z9 F63 1982
Foster, David William.
Cuban literature: a research guide / David William Foster.
New York: Garland Pub., 1985. Garland reference library of the humanities;
v. 511. PQ7371 .Z9 F694 1985
Foster, David William, comp.
Handbook of Latin American Literature. Compiled
by David William Foster. 2nd. Ed. New York: Garland Pub., 1992. PQ7081
.A1 H36 1987
Foster, David William.
Mexican Literature: A Bibliography of Secondary Sources.
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1981 REF PQ 7141 Z9F63
Foster, David William and Foster, Virginia Ramos, comps.
Manual of Hispanic Bibliography. 2nd ed. New York,: Garland
Publishing, 1977. REF PQ 6033 F63 1977
Foster, David William.
Modern Latin American literature / compiled and edited
by David William Foster, Virginia Ramos Foster. 2v. New York: Ungar, 1975.
REF PQ 7081 F63 1975
Gonzalez Echeverria, Roberto and Pupo-Walker, Enrique,
eds.
The Cambridge history of Latin American literature /
edited by Roberto González Echevarría and Enrique Pupo-Walker.
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1996. PQ7081.A1
C35 1996 v.1
Hill, Marnesba D. and Schleifer, Harold B.
Puerto Rican Authors: A Bibliographic Handbook = Autores Puertorriqueños:
Una Guía Bibliográfica. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow
Press, 1974. REF PQ 7424 Z9H48.
Kanellos, Nicolás, ed.
Hispanic Literature of the United States: A Comprehensive Reference.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, c2003. REF PS 153 H56 2003.
Martinez, Julio A., ed.
Dictionary of Twentieth Century Cuban Literature. Westport,
CT: Greenwood Press, 1990.
Krstovic, Jelena, ed.
Hispanic Literature Criticism. 3v. Detroit, MI: Gale
Research, 1994.
Marting, Diane E.
Spanish American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1990. REF PQ 7081 Z9S62 1990
Ocampo de Gómez, Aurora and Prado Velázquez.
Diccionario de Escritores Mexicanos. Mexico City: UNAM
Centro de Estudios Literarios, 1967. REF PQ 7106 024.
Rela, Walter.
A bibliographical guide to Spanish American literature: twentieth-century
sources / compiled by Walter Rela; ... New York : Greenwood Press,
c1988. PQ7081 .Z9 R438 1988
Ryan, Bryan, ed.
Hispanic Writers: A Selection of Sketches from "Contemporary Authors".
Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1991. REF PQ 7081 A1H48 1991
Smith, Verity, ed.
Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. London: Fitzroy
Dearborn, 1997. REF PQ 7081 A1E56 1997
Solé, Carlos A. and Abreu, Maria Isabel, eds.
Latin American writers / Carlos A. Sole, editor in chief,
Maria Isabel Abreu, associate editor. New York: Scribner, c1989. REF
PQ 7081 A1L37 1989
South America, Central America
and the Caribbean. London: Europa, 1985- . F1401
.S68
Ward, Philip, ed.
The Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1978. REF PQ 6006 O93
Woodbridge, Hensley Charles. Guide
to Reference Works for the Study of the Spanish Language and Literature
and Spanish American Literature. 2nd ed. New York: MLA,
1997. Series: Selected Bibliographies in Language and Literature, 5. PC4071.Z9
W66 1997
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Academic Search Premier
An
excellent general-purpose index to over 3500 periodicals, many of them
fulltext. Includes information about Spanish language authors and literature.
Chicano Database Indexes
all types of materials in the areas of Mexican-American topics from 1967
to the present and, since 1992, materials on other Latino cultures.
Handbook of Latin American
Studies (HLAS Online) Indexes scholarly works on Latin America from
1935 to the present, covering social sciences and humanities in alternating
years . Also available in print Indexes Z 1601 .H19L
Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) Indexes Z 1605 .H21 Many
articles are not in English.
Historical Abstracts
Indexes articles, books, dissertations about all aspects of world history
since 1450 except for the United States.
JSTOR Complete text
and index of core journals in the social sciences & humanities from
their starting dates to about 5 years ago.
Literature Resource Center Includes fulltext biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of major Spanish-speaking authors.
MLA Bibliography Indexes
journals, dissertations, collected works in the fields of literature,
folklore, and linguistics from 1963 to the present.
Project Muse Full-text
recent volumes of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities,
social sciences, and mathematics.
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Many book reviews published since 1988 may be identified
in Academic Search Premier and the printed indexes:
- Book Review Digest. New York:
Wilson, 1905- . Indexes Z 1219 .B64
- Book Review Index. Detroit: Gale,
1965- . Indexes Z 1035 .A1B65
- Books in Print with
Reviews
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