Afro-Cuban literature : critical junctures / Edward J. Mullen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mullen, Edward J., 1942-

Series:

Contributions to the study of world literature 0738-9345 ; no. 91.

Contributions to the study of world literature, 0738-9345 ; no. 91

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuban literature--Black authors--History and criticism.

Cuban literature.

Cuban literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Black people in literature.

Cuban literature--Black authors.

Physical Description:

vi, 236 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.

Summary:

Traces the development of Afro-Cubanism, a movement in Caribbean arts and letters that stemmed from a rediscovery of the region's African heritage during the 1920s.

Contents:

1 The Critical Axis 25

2 Peninsular Origins: Simon Aguado's Entremes de los negros 43

3 Juan Francisco Manzano: Building a Tradition 63

4 The Black Witch Doctors 93

5 Nicolas Guillen's Son Motifs: Afro-Cubanism Comes of Age 115

6 Shaping the Canon: The Flowering of Afro-Cubanism 141

Appendix to the Introduction: Afro-Cuban Poetry / Jose Juan Arrom 183

Appendix to Chapter 2: Black Interlude / Simon Aguado 197

Appendix to Chapter 5: Son Motifs / Nicolas Guillen 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-217) and index.

ISBN:

0313304084

OCLC:

37862758