Chris Perriam is Professor of Hispanic Studies, University of NewcastleMichael Thompson is Lecturer in Spanish, University of DurhamSusan Frenk is Lecturer in Spanish, University of DurhamVanessa Knights is Lecturer in Spanish, University of Newcastle

• Notes on Contributors ; 1. First Perspectives: Spains from 1939 to the 1990s ; 2. Rewriting History ; 3. Reclaiming History ; 4. Keeping it in the Family ; 5. Power and Disempowerment ; 6. Languages of Silence ; 7. Getting a Sense of Reality ; 8. New Writing: New Spain? ; 9. Languages of Pleasure ; 10. Through the Kaleidoscope ; References ; Index

The authors of A New History of Spanish Writing have formulated a coherent well-written, and intriguing introduction to Spanish writing of the past sixty years that covers much critical and ideological ground ... the thematic approach offers useful information and even affords compelling reading (a trait generally absent from standard literary histories).