Harriet J. Bauman
Amaral, José Vasquez.
The Contemporary Latin American Narrative
(New York: Las Americas Publishing Co.), 1970.
Good background on authors not including Borges. It is based on novels not short stories, but it helps in understanding the authors’ thought processes.
Foster, David William.
Studies in the Contemporary Spanish American Short Story
(Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press), 1979.
A critical study of Borges, Carpentier, Cortázar, Garc’a Márquez, and others. Scholarly explanations of the authors’ styles and art. Very useful for background information.
Imbert, Enrique Anderson.
Spanish American Literature A
His
tory (Detroit: Wayne State University Press), 1963.
A comprehensive history of Spanish-American literature from its beginnings through the 1960’s. Very useful in situating our authors in their places in this continuum. Good background information.
Leal, Luis.
Historia del
Cuento Hispanoamericano
(Ediciones de Andrea), 1966.
An excellent source of background information!
Peden, Margaret Sayers, editor.
The Latin American Short Story
A
Critical History
(Boston, Massachusetts: Twayne Publishers), 1983.
A very useful book. It situates our authors in their literary and historical periods.
Rama, Angel.
Primeros Cuentos de Diez Maestros Latinoamericanos
(Barcelona: Editorial Planeta), 1975.
Stories by Carpentier, Cortázar, and Garc’a Márquez in Spanish. Good introductory backgrounds on authors.
Teachers should see the Reading List for Students for collections of stories, in particular Monegal for his background information.