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Teatro español del Siglo de Oro
The Teatro español del Siglo de Oro full text database contains the most important plays of the sixteenth and seventeenth century in Spain, either edited by the playwrights themselves or by an editor "endorsed" by the playwright. The text is copied exactly as it was written, with all peculiarities captured - accents, abbreviations etc.
Latin American Women Writers
Latin American Women Writers (LAWW) will contain approximately 100,000 pages of prose, poetry and drama by women writers from Mexico, Central, and South America when complete. In this prototype version there are about 4200 pages of prose and poetry. Drama will be added in the next release.
Latino Literature
Latino Literature brings together more than 100,000 pages pages of poetry, fiction, and over 450 plays written in English and Spanish by hundreds of Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Latino authors working in the United States. Among the gems of the collection are nearly 800 items (poems, novels, and plays) that have never been published before. Researchers will also find numerous Chicano folk tales and audio files of selected poems and plays. It contains over 133,465 pages.
La novela corta: una biblioteca virtual
Esta colección ofrece un recorrido indispensable por la novela corta en México. Las primeras historias ven nacer el México independiente; las últimas, el país que surgió de la Revolución armada de 1910 y sus consecuencias culturales.

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Subject Headings

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Catholic Church--[Country or Region]
[Country or Region]--Religion (Ex. Brazil--Religion--History)
[Country or Region]--Religious life and Customs
Cults--[Country or Region]
Liberation Theology
Methodist Church--[Country or Region]
Missions--[Country or Region]
Missionaries--[Country or Region]
[Aymara] mythology
Indians of South American--Religion
Protestants--[Country or Region]
Umbanda
Jews--[Country or Region]--History
Franciscans--[Country or Region]
Catholic Church--Missions--[Country or Region]
Blacks--Latin America--Religion
Church and social problems--Latin America
[Country or Region]--Church history
Christian communities
Church work with the poor

Religion in Latin America & the Caribbean: Find Books

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