Spanish/Hispanic Literature
The printed materials listed here are all owned by the Binghamton University Libraries and the BU call number is provided. Please note that they represent just a very small sampling of the resources that are actually available. Researchers can locate other relevant materials by using the Libraries' online catalog. See the "Finding Books" section of Research Basics for tips on using the catalog.
Short Answers, Introductions, & Overviews
The following resources contain articles on authors, works, movements, etc, and often include brief bibliographies, i.e., a list of other materials, at the end of each entry: Examples include:
Diccionario de literatura española e hispanoamericana.
Alianza, 1993. REF PQ 6006 D54 1993
Dictionary of the literature of the Iberian Peninsula. Greenwood,
1993. REF PN 849 S6 D54 1993
Enciclopedia de escritores en lengua castellana,
Planeta, 2000. REF PQ 6051 N38 2000
Encyclopedia of Latin American literature, Fitzroy
Dearborn, 1997. REF PQ 7081 A1 E53 1997
And, the Literature Resource Center database is the electronic version of such print standbys as Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and the many volumes of the Dictionary of Literary Biography. The coverage of foreign language literature is adequate, especially for older works and prolific authors.
And the same people who produce the Literature Resource Center have a free site where you can find definitions of literary terms.
There is also a printed resource for Spanish literary terms:
Diccionario de términos literarios. Alianza, 1999. PN 44.5 E83 1999
Research Guides
Research guides usually provide a detailed introduction to the entire field, summarizing the major time periods, genres, authors, movements, etc., and they also include bibliographies, that is, lists of major scholarship, both books and journal articles, for the field. This category includes mostly printed resources.
Sourcebook for Hispanic literature and language : a selected,
annotated guide to Spanish, Spanish-American, and United States Hispanic
bibliography, literature, linguistics, journals, and other source materials, 3rd
ed. Scarecrow Press, 1995. REF PC 4071 B55 1995
Manual of Hispanic bibliography, 2nd ed. Garland,
1977. REF PQ 6033 F78 1977
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Bibliographies
Resources actually entitled "Bibliography" often do not contain discussions of relevant topics, but are extensive listings of major publications in the field. Lower division courses may not require the use of these resources, but upper division students should at least be familiar with them. Examples include:
Manual de bibliografia de la literatura española.
Gustavo Gili, 1980. Z 2691 S54
Bibliografia de la literatura hispanica. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Cientificas..., 1950-84. REF Z 2691 S5
Handbook of Latin American Studies, electronic
version of a print resource going back to 1936. Covers broad social sciences
and humanities, including literature.
West Indian literature: an index to criticism, 1930-1975. G.K. Hall,
c1981. REF PR 9210.A66 1981
Complete Caribbeana, 1900-1975; a bibliographic guide to the scholarly
literature. KTO Press, c1977. Z 1595.C63
Journal Indexes
For a general listing of online indexes that cover all languages
and literatures, go to Research
Basics and scroll down to "Finding Articles." In addition, the following
is an index specific for Hispanic studies:
HAPI (Hispanic American
Periodical Index) Online
And the following print resource may provide additional material:
Year's work in modern language studies. Modern Humanities Research
Association, 19--. REF PB 1 Y39
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Special Topics
While most of the printed resources listed here are not "reference" materials, most of them includes bibliographies or lists of additional works that lead you to other research.
Cervantes
Don Quijote (1894-1970) : a selective annotated bibliography, International Scholarly Book Service, 1974-1984. PC 13 N67 no. 138
The Proyecto Cervantes on the web contains many useful links.
Indigenous Literatures
Literatures. (Supplement to the Handbook of
Middle American Indians). University of Texas Press, 1985. PM 3051
L57 1985
Literaturas de la America precolombina. Ediciones ISTMO, 1990. PM
4068.55 S6 1990
Codex Mendoza, University of California Press,
1992. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, F 1219.56 C625 C54 1992. This is a set which includes
a facsimile copy of a famous Aztec document in the Bodleian Library at Oxford
University.
Códice de Xicotepec : estudio e interpretación. Centro
Francés de Estudios Mexicanos y Centroamericanos, 1995. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
*F 1219.56 C797 S77 1995 Another facsimile.
Colonial Period
Writers of the Spanish colonial period, Garland,
1997. PQ 7081 A1 W75 1997.
The identity of Hispanoamerica: an interpretation
of colonial literature (=Identidad de Hispanoamerica. English), University
of Arizona Press, 1991. PQ 7081 P7613 1991.
Picaresque
Bibliografia de la literatura picaresca; desde sus origenes hasta el presente. With supplements covering to 1981. Scarecrow,Press, 1973. Z 5917.P5.L35
Poetry
Poesia en la edad de oro (Renacimiento). Taurus,
1988. PQ 6081.P739 1988
Poesia en la edad de oro: barroco. Taurus, c1987. PQ 1081.P32 1987
Poesia hispanoamericana en el siglo XX. Taurus,
1987. PQ 7082.P7.F384 1987
Civil War
Guerra española en la creacion literario: ensayo bibliografico. 1970. REF Z 2693.M6
Try the web site, La Guerra Civil Espanola, which includes numerous links to additional sites.
Women
Spanish women writers : a bio-bibliographical source book. Greenwood, 1997. REF PQ 6055 S63 1993
The Celebration of Women Writers web site provides links accessible by country, name, etc.
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Electronic Texts
The Spanish Languages Resources page of the University of Virginia's electronic text center is a good starting point.
And the University of Notre Dame library has a page with links to electronic text collections for Spanish and Portuguese, including Latin America.
Try also the Spanish links on the Iberian Studies Web.
Finally, the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes provides many kinds of links, not just to full text sites. Click on "Portales" at the top.