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Informationen zum Autor Mary Ellen Snodgrass is an award-winning author of English and Latin textbooks and reference works for 35 years. She taught at Hickory High School and Lenoir Rhyne University in North Carolina for 23 years. Her writing focuses on women's and world literature and history and general research topics, including epidemics, the history of money, clothing, food, and dance. She lives in Hickory, North Carolina. Klappentext Isabel Allende--"la Famosa" to her fellow Chileans--is the world's most widely read Spanish language author. Her career coincides with the emergence of multiculturalism and global feminism, and her powerfully honest, revelatory works touch the pulse points of humankind. Her bravura study of the interwoven roles of women in family history opens the minds of outsiders to the sufferings of women and their children during years of social and political nightmare. This reference work provides an introduction to Allende's life as well as a guided overview of her body of work. Designed for the fan and scholar alike, this text features an alphabetized, fully-annotated listing of major terms in the Allende canon, including fictional characters, motifs, historical events and themes. A comprehensive index is included. Zusammenfassung "Isabel Allende--known as "la Famosa" to Chileans--is the most widely read Spanish-language author. This reference work provides an introduction to Allende's life as well as a guided overview of her body of work. It features an alphabetized! fully-annotated listing of major terms in the Allende canon! including fictional characters! motifs! historical events! and themes"--Provided by publisher. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments deleteviPrefaceIntroductionChronology of Allende's Life and WorksAllende GenealogyIsabel Allende: A Literary CompanionGlossaryAppendix A: Historical Timeline from the Allende CanonAppendix B: Writing and Research TopicsBibliographyIndex...