Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface IX
4. Part One. Colombia in Its Novel
5. One. Colombia, Its History and Its Regions 3
6. Two. Ideology and the Novel in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Colombia 20
7. Part Two. The Novel in Its Region
8. Three. The Interior Highland Tradition: From Manuela (1858) to El buen salvaje ( 1 966) 55
9. Four. The Costa Tradition: From Ingermina (1844) to Cien aiios de soledad (1967) 87
10. Five. The Greater Antioquian Tradition: From Frutos de mi tierra (1896) to El dia seiialado ( 1964) 122
11. Six. The Greater Cauca Tradition: From Maria (1867) to El bazar de los idiotas (1974) 148
12. Seven. The Modern and Postmodern Novel (1965- 1987) 185
13. Conclusion 209
14. Appendix: Chronologies of Colombian Novelists 213
15. Notes 229
16. Bibliography 253
17. Index 265