Robinson Cecil Robinson No Short Journeys

Annotation

"These thirteen essays comprise a richly patterned 'quilt,' expertly addressing the influence of Mexico and Latin and South America upon the North American imagination. . . . Cecil Robinson's impressive breadth of expertise, his fascinating interpretations, make this collection of essays invaluable regional reading. The bibliography alone is a treasure-a gift from a man whose life's work was to form a bridge of humanistic understanding between the two primary cultures of the New World."-El Palacio"In graceful prose, the longtime English professor leads readers on a leisurely stroll through the literary landscape of the Southwest."-Journal of Arizona History"Does more for reconstructing American literature than any of the contemporary American literature anthologies that are on the market today. . . . Strongly recommended."-Choice