Merlin H. Forster Collection on Vanguardism In Latin American Literature
Scope and Contents Note
Collection of articles on the avant-garde literary movements in Latin America, which includes material written about or authored by the proponents of most of Latin America's avant garde movements, such as: antropofagia, concretism, estridentismo, runrunismo and ultraismo. Photocopies of articles, arranged geographically by country, and alphabetically by author.
Compiled as a result of an 18 month grant from NEH during which Dr. Merlin H. Forster collected primary materials addressing the issue of vanguardism in Latin American belles-lettres from 1920 through 1935, as well as secondary materials since 1935. Most of the work is at the Benson Latin American Collection, with a secondary archive including copies of additional items collected but not included in author'sVanguardism in Latin American Literature (New York: Greenwood Press, 1990) which was the main purpose of the work. The second archive is located at Brigham Young University.
Dates
- Creation: 1920-1988
Language of Materials
Spanish, Portuguese, English
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Full Extent
20 boxes (60 in.)
Abstract
Articles on avant-garde literary movements in Latin America collected by Dr. Merlin H. Forster.
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- Title
- Merlin H. Forster Collection on Vanguardism In Latin American Literature
- Status
- Edited Partial Draft
- Author
- Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
- Date
- 2008
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2021 June: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez to fix compliance check errors to prepare for the migration to new TARO website.
- 2021 November: Edited by Devon Murphy to update control access terms and formatting based on the TARO Control Access List.
- 2025 July: Revised by Ryan Sullivant to fix validation errors prior to ingestion into ArchivesSpace.
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu