Nicolas Kanellos is the Brown Foundation Professor of Hispanic Literature at the University of Houston and the Director of Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage, a major national research program. He is also founding publisher of the noted Hispanic literary journal The Americas Review and founder of the nation's oldest and most esteemed Hispanic publishing house, Arte Público Press.
"The publication of Herencia marks the formal birth in the academy
of an entire genre of literature. For an apt comparison, we would
have to turn to comparable anthologies of American literature first
published in the nineteenth century. Nicolas Kanellos has made a
major contribution to redefining even what it means to speak of
'American' literature." --Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
"0nce in a while, a book comes along which topples institutional
thinking and set beliefs. Herencia is such a book! Nicolas
Kanellos's brilliant introduction is more than that. It is a
manifesto. A turning-point document of American literary
history."--Ishmael Reed
"Finally a major, out-reaching, reliable map of the Hispanic
experience in the U.S. With impressive range, texture, and
resonance, Herencia illuminates the history, emotions, and meaning
of Hispanic-American life. Because of his long-standing devotion to
this literature, only Nicolas Kanellos could have been able to
accomplish this task with such authority and care. As a living
memory, this magnificent book opens its pages to the
cross-cultural
language of our best future."--Julio Ortega, Professor of Hispanic
Studies, Brown University
"Libraries should own a copy of Herencia; teachers should
incorporate it into classes on American and U.S. Hispanic
literature, history, politics, or cultural diversity; students
should turn to it for authoritative excerpts of Hispanic writing;
and general readers should browse Herencia for its sheer insight
into the literary and historical legacy of contemporary Hispanic
culture."--Hispanic Outlook
"Ten years in the making, this anthology is an unprecedented
collection of writing in North America from the age of the Spanish
explorers in the 16th century to the present.... Herencia is
absolutely indispensable."--Library Journal
"The publication of Herencia marks the formal birth in the academy
of an entire genre of literature. For an apt comparison, we would
have to turn to comparable anthologies of American literature first
published in the nineteenth century. Nicolas Kanellos has made a
major contribution to redefining even what it means to speak of
'American' literature." --Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
"0nce in a while, a book comes along which topples institutional
thinking and set beliefs. Herencia is such a book! Nicolas
Kanellos's brilliant introduction is more than that. It is a
manifesto. A turning-point document of American literary
history."--Ishmael Reed
"Finally a major, out-reaching, reliable map of the Hispanic
experience in the U.S. With impressive range, texture, and
resonance, Herencia illuminates the history, emotions, and meaning
of Hispanic-American life. Because of his long-standing devotion to
this literature, only Nicolas Kanellos could have been able to
accomplish this task with such authority and care. As a living
memory, this magnificent book opens its pages to the
cross-cultural
language of our best future."--Julio Ortega, Professor of Hispanic
Studies, Brown University
"Libraries should own a copy of Herencia; teachers should
incorporate it into classes on American and U.S. Hispanic
literature, history, politics, or cultural diversity; students
should turn to it for authoritative excerpts of Hispanic writing;
and general readers should browse Herencia for its sheer insight
into the literary and historical legacy of contemporary Hispanic
culture."--Hispanic Outlook
"Ten years in the making, this anthology is an unprecedented
collection of writing in North America from the age of the Spanish
explorers in the 16th century to the present.... Herencia is
absolutely indispensable."--Library Journal
"The collection...does an excellent job of highlighting the
political, cultural, and economic issues that have confronted the
Hispanic community for the past half milennium.... The incredible
scope of the anthology...will leave many readers feeling as if they
had just completed a semester-long course of Latin American
literature and history. This superior selection will prove to be a
much-needed source of information in library
collections."--Booklist
"The publication of Herencia marks the formal birth in the academy of an entire genre of literature. For an apt comparison, we would have to turn to comparable anthologies of American literature first published in the nineteenth century. Nicolas Kanellos has made a major contribution to redefining even what it means to speak of 'American' literature." --Henry Louis Gates, Jr. "0nce in a while, a book comes along which topples institutional thinking and set beliefs. Herencia is such a book! Nicolas Kanellos's brilliant introduction is more than that. It is a manifesto. A turning-point document of American literary history."--Ishmael Reed "Finally a major, out-reaching, reliable map of the Hispanic experience in the U.S. With impressive range, texture, and resonance, Herencia illuminates the history, emotions, and meaning of Hispanic-American life. Because of his long-standing devotion to this literature, only Nicolas Kanellos could have been able to accomplish this task with such authority and care. As a living memory, this magnificent book opens its pages to the cross-cultural language of our best future."--Julio Ortega, Professor of Hispanic Studies, Brown University "Libraries should own a copy of Herencia; teachers should incorporate it into classes on American and U.S. Hispanic literature, history, politics, or cultural diversity; students should turn to it for authoritative excerpts of Hispanic writing; and general readers should browse Herencia for its sheer insight into the literary and historical legacy of contemporary Hispanic culture."--Hispanic Outlook "Ten years in the making, this anthology is an unprecedented collection of writing in North America from the age of the Spanish explorers in the 16th century to the present.... Herencia is absolutely indispensable."--Library Journal "The publication of Herencia marks the formal birth in the academy of an entire genre of literature. For an apt comparison, we would have to turn to comparable anthologies of American literature first published in the nineteenth century. Nicolas Kanellos has made a major contribution to redefining even what it means to speak of 'American' literature." --Henry Louis Gates, Jr. "0nce in a while, a book comes along which topples institutional thinking and set beliefs. Herencia is such a book! Nicolas Kanellos's brilliant introduction is more than that. It is a manifesto. A turning-point document of American literary history."--Ishmael Reed "Finally a major, out-reaching, reliable map of the Hispanic experience in the U.S. With impressive range, texture, and resonance, Herencia illuminates the history, emotions, and meaning of Hispanic-American life. Because of his long-standing devotion to this literature, only Nicolas Kanellos could have been able to accomplish this task with such authority and care. As a living memory, this magnificent book opens its pages to the cross-cultural language of our best future."--Julio Ortega, Professor of Hispanic Studies, Brown University "Libraries should own a copy of Herencia; teachers should incorporate it into classes on American and U.S. Hispanic literature, history, politics, or cultural diversity; students should turn to it for authoritative excerpts of Hispanic writing; and general readers should browse Herencia for its sheer insight into the literary and historical legacy of contemporary Hispanic culture."--Hispanic Outlook "Ten years in the making, this anthology is an unprecedented collection of writing in North America from the age of the Spanish explorers in the 16th century to the present.... Herencia is absolutely indispensable."--Library Journal "The collection...does an excellent job of highlighting the political, cultural, and economic issues that have confronted the Hispanic community for the past half milennium.... The incredible scope of the anthology...will leave many readers feeling as if they had just completed a semester-long course of Latin American literature and history. This superior selection will prove to be a much-needed source of information in library collections."--Booklist
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