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- catalog abstract ""Julia Alvarez made her mark on the American literary horizon with the 1991 publication of her debut novel How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, a story based on her own family's bicultural experiences. Readers and critics alike quickly discovered the writer's penchant for extracting humor from hardship, and weaving personal history into vivid prose. Within a decade, Alvarez had published three more highly acclaimed novels, including Yo! (1997), a delightful sequel to her first novel. This Critical Companion introduces readers to the life and works of the Dominican-American writer and examines the thematic and cultural concerns that run through her novels. Full literary analysis is provided for each, including historical context for the factually based works. In the Time of the Butterflies (1994) and In the Name of Salome (2000). Students will discover the personal and literary influences in Alvarez's writing with the help of a brief biography and a chapter on the Latino novel."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12264526.
- catalog coverage "Dominican Republic In literature.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Julia Alvarez made her mark on the American literary horizon with the 1991 publication of her debut novel How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, a story based on her own family's bicultural experiences. Readers and critics alike quickly discovered the writer's penchant for extracting humor from hardship, and weaving personal history into vivid prose. Within a decade, Alvarez had published three more highly acclaimed novels, including Yo! (1997), a delightful sequel to her first novel. This Critical Companion introduces readers to the life and works of the Dominican-American writer and examines the thematic and cultural concerns that run through her novels. Full literary analysis is provided for each, including historical context for the factually based works.".
- catalog description "In the Time of the Butterflies (1994) and In the Name of Salome (2000). Students will discover the personal and literary influences in Alvarez's writing with the help of a brief biography and a chapter on the Latino novel."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-156) and index.".
- catalog description "Series Foreword / Kathleen Gregory Klein -- 1. The Life of Julia Alvarez -- 2. The Latino Novel -- 3. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (1991) -- 4. In the Time of the Butterflies (1994) -- 5. Yo! (1997) -- 6. In the Name of Salome (2000).".
- catalog extent "xi, 162 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Julia Alvarez.".
- catalog identifier "0313309930 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Julia Alvarez.".
- catalog isPartOf "Critical companions to popular contemporary writers, 1082-4979".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press,".
- catalog relation "Julia Alvarez.".
- catalog spatial "Dominican Republic In literature.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "818/.5409 21".
- catalog subject "Alvarez, Julia Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Dominican Americans in literature.".
- catalog subject "PS3551.L845 Z87 2001".
- catalog subject "Women and literature United States History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Series Foreword / Kathleen Gregory Klein -- 1. The Life of Julia Alvarez -- 2. The Latino Novel -- 3. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (1991) -- 4. In the Time of the Butterflies (1994) -- 5. Yo! (1997) -- 6. In the Name of Salome (2000).".
- catalog title "Julia Alvarez : a critical companion / Silvio Sirias.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".