Jose Marti

Zusatztext 'The book places Marti in relation to American authors such as Emerson and Whitman! with whom he carried out a dialogue of which most Americans are not aware. I cannot think of a better introduction to the Cuban poet and patriot in any language.' - Roberto González Echevarría! Yale University. Informationen zum Autor OSCAR MONTERO is Professor, Department of Spanish, City University of New York, USA Graduate Center/Lehman College. He is the author of Erotismo y Representacion en Julian del Casal (Rodopi Editions, 1993) and The Name Game: Writing/Fading Writer (UNC Press, 1988) Klappentext Jose Marti, Cuban national hero, was one of Latin America's most influential litereary and political figures. There is currently no introductory overview to his complex body of works. Jose Marti: An Introduction offers such an introduction to Marti's most pertinent, enduring ideas, exploring his writing on race, gender, the relationship between Cuba and the US, and issues of displacement and bilingualism. The writing is accessible on the undergraduate level, yet Montero does not oversimplify ambiguities and contradictions of Marti's work and life. Zusammenfassung Jose Marti, Cuban national hero, was one of Latin America's most influential litereary and political figures. There is currently no introductory overview to his complex body of works. Jose Marti: An Introduction offers such an introduction to Marti's most pertinent, enduring ideas, exploring his writing on race, gender, the relationship between Cuba and the US, and issues of displacement and bilingualism. The writing is accessible on the undergraduate level, yet Montero does not oversimplify ambiguities and contradictions of Marti's work and life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Coney Island: The Mislaying of the Dream Men, Women and Workers of the Mind Against Race Poetry is not a Luxury Panamericanism's Empty Train Marti Faces Death...

Product details

• Authors: O Montero, O. Montero, Oscar Montero
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2004
• EAN: 9781403962867
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-6286-7
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 215 mm x 14 mm
• Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures; New Directions in Latino Ameri; New Directions in Latino American Cultures; New Directions in Latino Ameri
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Nordamerika (USA und Kanada), B, Literature, Cultural Studies, auseinandersetzen, Literature: history & criticism, History of the Americas, World Literature, North America (USA and Canada), America—History, Literature—History and criticism, Literary History, Latin American Culture, Ethnology—Latin America, Postcolonial/World Literature, Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, America—Literatures, North American Literature, Literature: history and criticism