Jorge J. E. Gracia is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Amherst. Mireya Camurati is Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

• Preface Part I. Philosophy Introduction Jorge J. E. Gracia1. Contemporary Argentinian Philosophy Hugo E. Biagini2. On the Diversity of Brazilian Philosophical Expression Onésimo Teotónio Almeida3. Philosophy in Brazil Today Fred Gillete Sturm4. Mexican Philosophy in the 1980s: Possibilities and Limit Oscar R. Martí5. Philosophy in Other Countries of Latin America Jorge J. E. GraciaPart II. Literature Writers Introduction Mireya CamuratiPoetry 6. An Introductory Outline to Contemporary Spanish-American Poetry Jaime Giordano7. The Poetic Experience: The Logic of Chance José KozerNarrative 8. Women Writers into the Mainstream: Contemporary Latin American Narrative Rosemary Geisdorfer Feal9. To Write or Not to Write? Ana Lydia VegaDrama 10. An Overview of Contemporary Latin American Theater Teresa Cajiao Salas and Margarita Vargas11. Theater and Its Functions Emilio CarballidoLiterary Competitions, Books, and Journals in the United States Introduction Mireya CamuratiCompetitions 12. Writing in Spanish in the United States Joaquin Roy13. The Writer and the Language: Reflections on the Linguistic Conditions of Writing Hiber ConterisBooks 14. Hispanic Books in the Library of Congress: 1815-1965 Georgette M. Dorn15. Hispanic Books in the Library of Congress, 1815-1965: A CommentVincent PelosoJournals 16. The Growing Professionalism of Latin American Journals Celso Rodriguez17. The Afro-Hispanic Review Ian Isidore SmartNotes and References Selected Bibliography Contributors Index

"The manuscript covers difficult-to-get materials on contemporary philosophy and literature in Ibero-America. The topic is highly important for an understanding of the development of the humanities—important both in itself and to the field of Latin American Studies." — William J. Kilgore, Baylor University