Description: Explores how influential Spanish and Spanish American writers used letters in their literary works to formulate distinctive visions of modernity.
Review Quotes: "José Luis Venegas situates himself within the critical/?intellectual realm of Spain marginalized from Europe, then Spanish America marginalized from Spain, and finally both Spain and Spanish America marginalized from modernity. He does this with felicitous conciseness, and without in any way, reducing complexity to simplicity. As such, Transatlantic Correspondence will be of great use to faculty and scholars in Hispanic studies. All of the quotes are in English, so those who may not know Spanish will find this book accessible and useful." --David K. Herzberger, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Hispanic studies, University of California, Riverside