This Spanish-language anthology contains selections by 45 Latin-American authors. It is intended as a text for upper division Latin American literature survey courses. The anthology presumes a high level of linguistic command of Spanish, and it contains footnotes to allusions and cultural references, as well as words and phrases not found in standard bilingual dictionaries used in the US. Emphasis is on major 20th-century writers, while important works from colonial and 19th-century literature as also included. The diverse selections of Literature Hispanoamericana will enable students to have a more sustained exposure to major voices of Latin American literature than possible in anthologies built around fragments. By focusing on fewer authors but more significant selections from their writings, students will have a greater grasp of major canonical figures as well as emergent voices.

The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature is by far the most comprehensive work of its kind ever written. Its three volumes cover the whole sweep of Latin American literature (including Brazilian) from pre-Colombian times to the present, and contain chapters on Latin American writing in the USA. Volume 3 is devoted partly to the history of Brazilian literature, from the earliest writing through the colonial period and the Portuguese-language traditions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; and partly also to an extensive bibliographical section in which annotated reading lists relating to the chapters in all three volumes of The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature are presented. These bibliographies are a unique feature of the History, further enhancing its immense value as a reference work.

La realizacion de cualquier antologia supone un ejercicio de reflexion y de seleccion. Cuando el marco geografico que la limita es tan amplio como el caso que nos ocupa, y cuando la riqueza literaria es tanta, el resultado, necesariamente, pasa por la postergacion de autores y obras de calidad. El lector interesado en un excritor concreto puede recurrir a la bibliografia para profundizar en el. Quiza sea esta la intencion ultima de esta Antologia de la Poesia Hispanoamericana, abrir nuevas puertas que conduzcan a la lectura y conocimiento de la poesia hispanoamericana.