A History of Mexican Literature ed. Ignacio M. Sánchez-Prado et al. (review)

[...]each chapter seeks to establish a delicate but fruitful balance between an analysis of individual literary works or authors and a consideration of the institutional networks in which literature is created and received. The chapters included here range in approach, from focusing on the contributions of canonical authors—such as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Octavio Paz—to broader considerations of religious scholarship, print culture, cultural institutions, literary groups, performance, gender, and LGBTQ subjectivities. Because of the density of the information contained in each of the chapters, all of which are extremely rich in analytic detail and cultural context, this book as a whole might not be suitable to assign for introductory undergraduate survey courses, although instructors will benefit from choosing select chapters to accompany certain readings.