Essays in Honor of Lois Parkinson Zamora: From the Americas to the World

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Honoring the lifework of the comparative literature scholar, From the Americas to the World: Essays in Honor of Lois Parkinson Zamora traces artistic and cultural pathways that connect Latin American literature and culture to the Americas, and to the world beyond. The essays in this collection cover three critical fields: comparative hemispheric American literature, magical realism, and the Baroque/New World Baroque/Neobaroque. Beginning with a critical reassessment of hemispheric American studies, these essays analyze the works of a wide array of writers, such as Roberto Bolao, Alejo Carpentier, Gabriel Garca Mrquez, Waldo Frank, and Jos Lez. These chapters build upon the legacy of the scholarship done by Dr. Zamora and exemplify the pattern of literary studies that she has driven forward.

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Exploring with brio and precision Parkinson Zamoras fields of expertise, the essays in this volume provide a worthy and well-deserved tribute to her eminent career as one of the leading comparatists of her generation.

These beautifully written and profoundly erudite essays, combining political astuteness with literary discernment, historical depth with contemporary resonance, and love of detail with breadth of vision, are a fitting tribute to Lois Parkinson Zamoras path-breaking scholarship. The authors of this collection map out new itineraries for Hemispheric Studies and the study of Latin American literature from a comparative perspective, and in the process offer hope for the future of the field. Essays in Honor of Lois Parkinson Zamora is cause for celebration.

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Monika Kaup is professor of English at the University of Washington.

John Ochoa is associate professor of Spanish at Pennsylvania State University.