Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria
Author of The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories
About the Author
Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria is Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature at Yale University
Series
Works by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria
The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature, Volume 1: Discovery to Modernism (1996) — Editor — 19 copies
Celestina's Brood: Continuities of the Baroque in Spanish and Latin American Literature (1993) 15 copies
The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature, Volume 2: The Twentieth Century (1996) — Editor — 11 copies
The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature, Volume 3: Brazilian Literature Bibliographies (1996) — Editor — 9 copies
The Voice of the Masters: Writing and Authority in Modern Latin American Literature (Latin American Monographs, No 64) (1985) 8 copies
Associated Works
Don Quixote (1605) — Introduction, some editions; Introduction, some editions — 35,671 copies, 531 reviews
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- professor
- Organizations
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Yale University (professor) - Awards and honors
- National Humanities Medal (2010)
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Cuba
- Associated Place (for map)
- Cuba
Members
Reviews
An examination of Cuban culture, art,and, above all,literature, through the lens of the fiesta. The author takes us through a century and a half of Cuban cultural self-examination, gives us a personal account with some charming details (including a recipe for pernil -- haunch of pork -- that looks to be delicious). It is marred by anti-Castro sentiments that border on the vicious.
Superb compendium of Quixote criticism! I think it's time I go ahead and read Auerbach's magnum opus, Mimesis.
La Gloria de Cuba Narra la historia del béisbol en Cuba., y el jugado por cubanos en otros países como Estados Unidos y Mexico, desde que Nemesio Guillo trajo a la isla la primera pelota en 1868 hasta el presente. Pero en vez de comenzar con ese remoto origen el libro abre con el decisivo juego entre Habana y Almendares celebrado el 25 de febrero de 1947 que decidió el campeonato del torneo invernal de ese ano, el primero desarrollado en el flamante Stadium de la Habana.........
Jul 21, 2016Spanish
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Statistics
- Works
- 31
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 461
- Popularity
- #53,307
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 3
- ISBNs
- 68
- Languages
- 1