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This book presents a collection of expert studies on Chicano writer Tino Villanueva's oeuvre, from his first poetry collection Hay Otra Voz Poems 1968-1971 (1972) to his most recent publication So Spoke Penelope (2013). Villanueva's work represents his myriad of life experience starting from migrant origins to joining the ranks of American, Latin American, and Spanish writers as he became established in the poetic world. Contributions tackle his many and variegated works, representing his unprecedented creativity over long periods of time. In so doing, the collection unearths new terrain in Villanueva's poetics, revealing an author in constant movement as a critic and witness of his own times and socio-cultural surroundings.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1- Introduction.- Part 1- THEORY AND POETICS.- Chapter2-Memory (Mnemosyne), Sensuality and the Creative Process in Tino Villanueva s Primera Causa / First Cause.-Chapter 3-Hay Otras Voces: Natura Loquens in Tino Villanueva s Poetic Texts.- Chapter 4-Bilingualandia: Merging Modernist and Migrant/Minority Poetics.- PART 2: ACTIVIST POETRY.- Chapter 5-From Screen, to Verse, to Hearts: Re-Channeling Affective Flows and Fostering Reader Empathy in Tino Villanueva s Scene from the Movie .- Chapter 6-Speaking Up for The World s Unseen: Exploring Aspects of Agricultural Ethics and Fair Trade in Tino Villanueva s Poetry.- PART 3: TESTIMONIALS.- Chapter 7-Heart s Memory: The Remembrances of Tino Villanueva.- Chapter 8-The Traveler through Mythology, Memory and Writing in Tino Villanueva s Poetry.- Chapter 9-Life Is Like a Road Movie with No Exits.-PART 4: ON SO SPOKE PENELOPE.- Chapter 10-Unweaving Penelope in Tino Villanueva s So Spoke Penelope.- Chapter 11-Tino Villanueva s Unveiled Penelope: Unweaving the Tangled Web of Female Agency and Agape.- Chapter 12-Gazing into the I : A Reading of Tino Villanueva s So Spoke Penelope.- Chapter 13-Dialectics of Imagery in Tino Villanueva s So Spoke Penelope.- Chapter 14-Penelope Speaks Her Mind in Greek: On Translating Tino Villanueva s So Spoke Penelope.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Francisco A. Lomelí is Emeritus Professor of Chicana/o Studies and Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California at Santa Barbara, USA.
Sophia Emmanouilidou received her PhD from the School of English at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Zusammenfassung
This book presents a collection of expert studies on Chicano writer Tino Villanueva's oeuvre, from his first poetry collection Hay Otra Voz Poems 1968-1971 (1972) to his most recent publication So Spoke Penelope (2013). Villanueva's work represents his myriad of life experience starting from migrant origins to joining the ranks of American, Latin American, and Spanish writers as he became established in the poetic world. Contributions tackle his many and variegated works, representing his unprecedented creativity over long periods of time. In so doing, the collection unearths new terrain in Villanueva's poetics, revealing an author in constant movement as a critic and witness of his own times and socio-cultural surroundings.
