Rev. ed. of: Encyclopedia of Latin American literature. 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

In response to many requests from librarians at smaller public libraries and high school libraries, Fitzroy Dearborn plans to issue a series of abridged versions of its most notable encyclopedias: these concise encyclopedias will include much of the material in the larger encyclopedias at what we hope will be a very affordable price. The first in the series, the Concise Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature, will be published in June.

The Concise includes: all entries on topics and countries -- those cited by many reviewers as being among the best entries in the book; entries on the 50 leading writers in Latin America from colonial times to the present; and detailed articles on some 50 important works in this literature -- those most read and studied in the English-speaking world.