Poetry and the Realm of the Public Intellectual
Title | Poetry and the Realm of the Public Intellectual PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Patricia Peña |
Publisher | MHRA |
Pages | 243 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Feminism in literature |
ISBN | 1905981333 |
The volume explores how these three writers used poetry to oppose patriarchal discourse on topics ranging from marginalized peoples to issues on gender and sexuality. Poetry was a means for them to redefine their own feminized space, however difficult or odd it could turn out to be.
The Public Intellectual
Title | The Public Intellectual PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Small |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2008-04-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0470776730 |
New essays by prestigious thinkers such as Edward Said, Bruce Robbins, Jacqueline Rose, and Stefan Collini on the public role of writers and intellectuals.
Gabriela Mistral's Letters to Doris Dana
Title | Gabriela Mistral's Letters to Doris Dana PDF eBook |
Author | Velma García-Gorena |
Publisher | University of New Mexico Press |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2018-06-15 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 0826359574 |
The Nobel Prize–winning poet Gabriela Mistral is celebrated by her native Chile as the “mother of the nation” even though she spent most of her life in Mexico, Europe, and the United States. Throughout the Spanish-speaking world and especially in Chile, Mistral was characterized as a sad, traditionally Catholic spinster. Yet her voluminous correspondence with Doris Dana, long believed to be her secretary, reveals that the two women were lovers from 1948 until Mistral’s death in 1957. These letters, published in Spanish in 2010 and now translated for the first time into English, provide insight into her work as a poet and illuminate her perspectives on politics, especially war and human rights. The correspondence also sheds light on the poet’s personal life and corrects the long-standing misperceptions of her as a lonely, single, heterosexual woman.
The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen M. Hart |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2018-03-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1108195628 |
The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry provides historical context on the evolution of the Latin American poetic tradition from the sixteenth century to the present day. It is organized into three parts. Part I provides a comprehensive, chronological survey of Latin American poetry and includes separate chapters on Colonial poetry, Romanticism/modernism, the avant-garde, conversational poetry, and contemporary poetry. Part II contains six succinct essays on the major figures Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Gabriela Mistral, César Vallejo, Pablo Neruda, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and Octavio Paz. Part III analyses specific and distinctive trends within the poetic canon, including women's, LGBT, Quechua, Afro-Hispanic, Latino/a and New Media poetry. This Companion also contains a guide to further reading as well as an essay on the best English translations of Latin American poetry. It will be a key resource for students and instructors of Latin American literature and poetry.
Not at Home in One's Home
Title | Not at Home in One's Home PDF eBook |
Author | Víctor Figueroa |
Publisher | Associated University Presse |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780838641774 |
This study examines the work of three important 20th century Caribbean poets, focusing on one major work by each of them: Pales Matos' 'Tuntun de pasa y griferia' (Puerto Rico); Cesaire's 'Cahier d'un retour au pays natal' (Martinique), and Derek Walcott's 'Omeros' (St. Lucia).
The Realm of Poetry
Title | The Realm of Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen J. Brown |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780827414495 |
Antipodean America
Title | Antipodean America PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Giles |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 590 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199301565 |
A sweeping study that spans two continents and over three hundred years of literary history, Antipodean America identifies the surprising affinites between Australian and American literature.