Juan Francisco Manzano (1797-1854), an urban slave who taught himself to read and write, and who ultimately achieved fame as a poet in Cuba's colonial slave society, wrote the only known autobiographical account of Latin American slavery. His narrative, composed in two parts, is a heart-rendering history of the systematic, unrelenting destruction of human dignity and individual will. It bears the marks of slavery, not merely by virtue of the countless oppressive autobiographical events and the cruel punishments that are narrated, but also because of its unorthodox syntax and orthography in...
Juan Francisco Manzano (1797-1854), an urban slave who taught himself to read and write, and who ultimately achieved fame as a poet in Cuba's colon...
Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda (1814-1873) was born in Cuba and split her life between Spain and her native island. Author of original novels, short stories and drama, she wrote Sab (1836-1841), considered the first Cuban novel about slavery in the island. Within its plots and subplots Sab comprises a modern message, as Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, a highly prized author during her active literary life, exposes and advocates for the principles of freedom and equal human as well as feminine rights by means of a highly romantic story, building up a message that still stands valid today, as in...
Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda (1814-1873) was born in Cuba and split her life between Spain and her native island. Author of original novels, short st...
Volumen 2: Espa?a is the second text in the series Las literaturas hisp?nicas: Introducci?n a su estudio. It contains examples of poetry, short stories, essays, novels, and plays by major literary figures of Spain from the Middle Ages to today. The book can be used along with Volumen 1, which provides a foundation for the reading and understanding of various literary genres in their cultural contexts.
Volumen 2: Espa?a is the second text in the series Las literaturas hisp?nicas: Introducci?n a su estudio. It contains examples of poetry, short storie...
Painting Modernism demonstrates the influence of painting and sculpture on the work of the major writers of Latin American modernism. Through his analysis, Ivan A. Schulman, a foundational figure in the field, offers a concise and new interpretation of works by Jose Asuncion Silva, Julian del Casal, Ruben Dario, Jose Juan Tablada, and Jose Marti. Traditional critical discourse on modernism has emphasized the nature of this movement in terms of its self-referentiality, fragmentation, elitist/escapist concepts, and subjective notions of cultural and aesthetic authenticity. Schulman...
Painting Modernism demonstrates the influence of painting and sculpture on the work of the major writers of Latin American modernism. Through h...
