A retelling of U.S., Latin American, and Latino/a literary history
through writing by Latinos/as who lived in the United States during the
long nineteenth century
Written by both established and emerging scholars, the essays in The
Latino Nineteenth Century engage materials in Spanish and English and
genres ranging from the newspaper to the novel, delving into new texts
and areas of research as they shed light on well-known writers. This
volume situates nineteenth-century Latino intellectuals and writers
within crucial national, hemispheric, and regional debates.
The Latino Nineteenth Century offers a long-overdue corrective to the
Anglophone and nation-based emphasis of American literary history.
Contributors track Latino/a lives and writing through routes that span
Philadelphia to San Francisco and roots that extend deeply into Mexico,
the Caribbean, Central and South Americas, and Spain. Readers will find
in the rich heterogeneity of texts and authors discussed fertile ground
for discussion and will discover the depth, diversity, and long-standing
presence of Latinos/as and their literature in the United States.