"Lucille Kerr has undertaken to show us how Spanish American novelists have 'done' theory--in particular, the theory of the Author--by 'doing' literary fiction. . . . (She) wears her mastery of theory lightly, but it is clear that she knows whereof she speaks, not only when it comes to theories of the Author and authority, but also over a whole range of other relevant theoretical topics, including verisimilitude and truth, narrative structure and its relation to authority, and the problem of style."--Brian McHale, coeditor "Poetics Today"

Lucille Kerr is Chair of the Department of Hispanic Studies at Northwestern University.