Hispanic American Literature

The following Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) reveal records for books held by our library. These include primary (e.g., drama, fiction, poetry); secondary (criticism); and reference (e.g., encyclopedias) books. The subdivision "History and criticism" identifies literary criticism.

Run the same subject searches in WorldCat, a "union catalog" of the holdings of thousands of libraries to find books and book chapters not held by Gitenstein Library. Use our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service to obtain those titles.

Most useful:

Substitute ethnic/national identities for "Hispanic" and "Spanish" in the subjects below to find additional titles (e.g., Cuban American authors; Cuban Americans -- Fiction; Mexican American authors; Mexican Americans -- Fiction).

Hispanic American literature of the United States:

• (Hispan* OR Mex* OR Spanish) AND "literary collections" [primary]
• Hispanic American authors
• Hispanic American drama [primary/secondary]
• Hispanic American fiction [primary/secondary]
• Hispanic American literature [primary/secondary]
• Hispanic American women authors
• Hispanic American women in literature
• Hispanic Americans
• Hispanic Americans -- Fiction [primary]
• Hispanic Americans -- Literary collections [primary}
• Hispanic Americans in literature

Spanish literature of Latin America:

• Spanish American drama [primary/secondary]
• Spanish American fiction [primary/secondary]
• Spanish American literature [primary/secondary]

Spanish, Portuguese, French, and other literatures of Latin America (treated collectively):

• Latin American drama [primary/secondary]
• Latin American fiction [primary/secondary]
• Latin American literature [primary/secondary]

Books about or for children:

• Hispanic American children
• Hispanic American children -- Juvenile fiction
• Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile fiction
• Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile literature

Also consider:

• Children's literature -- History and criticism
• Children's literature, American -- History and criticism
• Father and child in literature
• Mother and child in literature

Books published in Spanish:

• Click here for a list of adult Spanish language books held by our library. This list includes both primary literary works and secondary criticism. Titles appear in descending order beginning with the most recently published.
• For some subjects it is possible to append (Spanish) to the heading to see lists of books written 1) in Spanish; or 2) in English about primary Spanish language works. Use these subjects to find primary and second works.
  • Hispanic American fiction (Spanish)
  • Hispanic American literature (Spanish)
  • Hispanic American drama (Spanish)