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"World Literature and Its Times 1: Latin American Literature and Its Times" by David Galens and Joyce Moss

Latin American Literature and Its Times is the first volume of the new Gale series, World Literature and Its Times. The series was designed to help high-school and undergraduate students make connections between literature and history or society. The series will consist of 12 volumes to be released in intervals of six months; proposed volumes include African, French, Asian, Modern British and Irish, Spanish and Portuguese, Middle Eastern, Jewish, and Italian literature, and the literature of India. Works are selected for inclusion by scholars based upon frequency of study, ties to significant events, or enduring appeal to readers, either in or outside the cultures that produced them.

The first volume of the series is an impressive beginning. Classic as well as contemporary writings are included; all are available in English. All 50 works span a variety of genres and countries (including the U.S.) as well as historical periods. The earliest work is A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies, by Friar Bartolomede las Casas, written in 1542; the most recent, Santa Evita, by Thomas Eloy Martinez, was published in Spanish in 1995 and in English in 1996. Arranged alphabetically by title of work, the signed entries consist of five parts: an introduction to the work, including a synopsis and its relation to the author's life; a discussion of events in history at the time the work is set; a detailed discussion of the work itself that includes plot, sources used by the author, and its relation to other writings; a description of the history of the time the work was written; and, finally, a list of sources cited in the entry and a list of further readings. The discussion of Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits begins with mention of her relation to ousted Chilean president, Salvador Allende, who becomes a fictional president in her novel. The article describes the lives of Chilean people from 1910 to 1973, including miners and farm workers who fled to large cities in search of work, then describes the various political movements, such as the "New Song Movement," which figures in the story. Sidebars cover Pablo Neruda's bid for the presidency and the U.S. involvement in the violent coup that ousted the socialist government in 1973. The discussion of the novel includes comparisons with the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and a list of the fictional names of characters and their counterparts in Isabel Allende's life. Finally, there is a summary of the novel's critical reception. Many entries also include time lines, anecdotes, and illustrations.

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