Chicano Literature: A Reference Guide

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An excellent resource on the subject. Recommended for all libraries supporting research in Chicano literature. Reference Book Review

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Martinez and Lomeli have compiled a wealth of information on a literature not usually covered in standard reference sources. . . . The arrangement of the book is alphabetical, with very comprehensive coverage of the individual authors' lives and examination of their works by more than 40 critics of literature. . . . A useful part of each entry is the selected bibliography, which gives access both to the author's works and to secondary sources. A helpful bibliography of general works on Chicano studies in Appendix D provides ready access to all periods and genres of Chicano literature. Larger public and all size academic libraries.-Choice
This reference guide on Chicano literature covers the literary output of Mexican-Americans since 1848, with backgrounds and traditions as far back as the sixteenth century.' Chicano literature as defined as the literature written since 1848 by Americans of Mexican descent or by Mexicans in the United States who write about the Mexican-American experience. . . .' In the introduction, the authors do a good job of tracing the major developments in Chicano literature and criticism from 1848 to the present. Their reference guide proves a worthwhile one in fulfilling the need for a bio-bibliographical guide to Chicano writers. Most of the articles are devoted to Chicano writers. A few are topical--Chicano children's literature, poetry, philosophy, literary criticism, and Hispanic-Mexican literature in the Southwest, to name the major topics. The author entries give biographical details, plot summaries and criticism, and description of style and subject matter of poems. They conclude with a lengthy selected bibliography. . . . An excellent resource on the subject. Recommended for all libraries supporting research in Chicano literature.-Reference Book Review
"Martinez and Lomeli have compiled a wealth of information on a literature not usually covered in standard reference sources. . . . The arrangement of the book is alphabetical, with very comprehensive coverage of the individual authors' lives and examination of their works by more than 40 critics of literature. . . . A useful part of each entry is the selected bibliography, which gives access both to the author's works and to secondary sources. A helpful bibliography of general works on Chicano studies in Appendix D provides ready access to all periods and genres of Chicano literature. Larger public and all size academic libraries."-Choice
"This reference guide on Chicano literature covers the literary output of Mexican-Americans since 1848, with backgrounds and traditions as far back as the sixteenth century.' Chicano literature as defined as the literature written since 1848 by Americans of Mexican descent or by Mexicans in the United States who write about the Mexican-American experience. . . .' In the introduction, the authors do a good job of tracing the major developments in Chicano literature and criticism from 1848 to the present. Their reference guide proves a worthwhile one in fulfilling the need for a bio-bibliographical guide to Chicano writers. Most of the articles are devoted to Chicano writers. A few are topical--Chicano children's literature, poetry, philosophy, literary criticism, and Hispanic-Mexican literature in the Southwest, to name the major topics. The author entries give biographical details, plot summaries and criticism, and description of style and subject matter of poems. They conclude with a lengthy selected bibliography. . . . An excellent resource on the subject. Recommended for all libraries supporting research in Chicano literature."-Reference Book Review

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rtinez /f Julio /i A. /r ed. eli /f Francisco /i A. /r ed.