Introductory resources
World Literature in Spanish by Publication Date: 2011This source contains roughly 850 entries about Spanish-language literature throughout the world, providing coverage of the varied countries, ethnicities, time periods, literary movements, and genres of these writings.
The Cambridge History of Spanish Literature by Publication Date: 2005This comprehensive history of Spanish literature brings together international experts to survey the range of Spanish literature from the early Middle Ages to the present day. The canon of eleven centuries of Spanish literature are fully covered and attention is also paid to lesser known writers and works.
Historical Dictionary of Latin American Literature and Theater by Publication Date: 2011Covers Portuguese-speaking Brazil and the 16 Spanish-speaking countries of continental Latin America. Reviews Latin American literature and theater as a whole, while separate dictionary entries for each country offer insight into the history of national literatures.
Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003 by Publication Date: 2005This encyclopedia draws together entries on all aspects of literature in these regions from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day.
The Cambridge History of Latin American Women's Literature by Publication Date: 2016An essential resource for anyone interested in the development of women's writing in Latin America. It explores women's literature from ancient indigenous cultures to the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Specialised databases
Search these databases for more specific articles related to Spanish and Latin American literature studies
- MLA international bibliographyIndexes materials on modern language, literature, linguistics, and folklore. Provides access to journals and series published worldwide, monographs, working papers and proceedings, and bibliographies.
- LatAm-studies full-text onlineLatAm-Studies full text online is a database service dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of research on Latin America and the Caribbean, including journals and other academic content. It brings together full-text reports on 46 countries. Coverage includes all countries in South America, Caribbean, Central America and Mexico. Subjects covered include business, government, economic, and social issues.
- Latin American women writersLatin American Women Writers is a searchable collection of prose, poetry, and drama composed by women writing in Mexico, Central America, and South America. Also included are essays by Latin American feminists and about the feminist movement that address both the universal concerns of women in every age and the distinctive issues of their struggles in the region. The database currently features 99,509 pages of prose, poetry and drama.
- Teatro espanol del siglo de oro : base de datos de texto completeContains the full text of the earliest available editions of the most important plays of the sixteenth and seventeenth century in Spain.
- Handbook of Latin American Studies onlineEdited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Continuously published since 1936, it contains records describing books, book chapters, articles from social science and humanities journals, and conference papers published in the field of Latin American studies. Most records include abstracts with evaluations.
- Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents database - LAPTOCProvides open electronic access to the tables of contents of journals published in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Descarga Cultura UNAMOffers Spanish language content in audio format, available to listen to online or download for free. Access literature, poetry, essays, theatre, music, conferences, lectures, and master classes, taught by some of the most outstanding academics and experts from the Hispanic world. It also includes a broad cross-section of well-known authors, personally narrating, and discussing their works.
Browsing books in the Library
Use the phrase Spanish Literature or Latin American Literature to search in UQ Library Search where you can limit your results by content type, subject terms, publication date, and language using the options on the right side of the page.
Find books on Spanish and Latin American literature in the Central Library at call numbers PQ6001 to PQ8929.
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