Latin American Poetry - Origins and Presence

This study considers the ways Spanish American and Brazilian poets differ from their European counterparts.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Vernacular American; Map of Latin America; 3. The great song of America; 4. Modernism and Rubén Darío; 5. Brazilian Modernism; 6. Precedent, self and communal self: Vallejo and Neruda; 7. The traditions of Octavio Paz; 8. Modern priorities; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

This study considers the ways Spanish American and Brazilian poets differ from their European counterparts by considering 'Latin American' as more than a perfunctory epithet. Dr Brotherson focuses on Modernismo, the 'coming of age' of poetry in Spanish America and Brazil, and the importance of the movements associated with it.

Product details

• Authors: Gordon Brotherston
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521099448
• ISBN: 978-0-521-09944-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 344 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies