In the following excerpt, Taylor examines the connection between politics and contemporary Latin American drama.

In the following essay, Martínez provides a historical overview of movements and major figures in Latin American literature.

In the following essay, Haines provides an overview of several Latin American novels published during the early 1940s.

Brushwood is an American writer and educator, and the author of several book-length studies and articles on Latin American literature. In the following excerpt, he discusses some major Latin American novels published between 1956 and 1962.

Ellison is an American educator and the author of several books on Latin American literature. In the following essay, he evaluates the role and status of the writer in Latin American society and politics.

Muiioz is a Peruvian-born American writer and educator who wrote his book Sons of the Wind, as a response to "the almost total neglect of the Indians'point of view in the understanding of Latin American culture." In the following excerpt from that work Mu;ioz discusses the pre-Columbian origins of the indigenista novel.

Carrera Andrade was an Ecuadoran poet, essayist, and diplomat. In the following essay, he discusses the relationship between poetry and society in Latin America.

Foster is an American writer and educator, and the author of numerous books on Latin American literature. In the following excerpt, he examines the manner is which recent Latin American novels have portrayed social and political issues associated with homosexuality.

Cheuse is an American novelist and critic. In the following essay, he traces the influences and evolution of Latin American literature.

In the following essay, Fleak provides an overview of the Latin American short story and its relationship to the novel.

In the following essay, Virgillo examines the distorted image of the Native American in romantic Latin American literature of the nineteenth century.

Meyer is an American writer and educator, and the author of several books on Latin American literature. In the following excerpt, she provides an overview of the role of the Latin American writer throughout history.