The first volume noticed here lists over 4,000 items representing a broad spectrum of Venezuela’s past, emphasizing politics, but including intellectual, social, cultural, and economic history. Aside from sections on bibliographic and reference tools, and nearly 200 pages on history categorized by periods, this bibliography is divided into sections entitled “Bolivar,” “Church,” “Civilization” (literary and cultural history), “Education,” “Geography,” “Petroleum,” “Population,” and “Urbanization.” Entries are not annotated. An author index is included.
Professor Foster’s bibliography deals solely with Chilean literature and literary criticism, and, as the title indicates, includes only secondary materials. The bibliography is made up of two major sections. The first contains critical references on Chilean literature; the second, broken down by authors, includes entries classified as bibliographic, critical books and theses, and critical essays. All references refer to forty-six Chilean authors who were chosen “on the basis of their historical and esthetic importance and on the basis of available critical references” (p. viii).
