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Mexican ballads, Chicano poems : history and influence in Mexican-American social poetry / José E. Limón.
De Gruyter University of California Press eBook-Package Archive Pre-2000 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Limón, José E., Author.
- Series:
- New historicism ; 17.
- The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics ; 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social problems in literature.
- Mexican Americans in literature.
- American poetry--Mexican influences.
- American poetry.
- Mexican Americans--Intellectual life.
- Mexican Americans.
- Ballads, Spanish--Mexico--Appreciation--United States.
- Ballads, Spanish.
- American poetry--Mexican American authors--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (235 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1992]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Mexican Ballads, Chicano Poems combines literary theory with the personal engagement of a prominent Chicano scholar. Recalling his experiences as a student in Texas, José Limón examines the politically motivated Chicano poetry of the 60s and 70s. He bases his analyses on Harold Bloom's theories of literary influence but takes Bloom into the socio-political realm. Limón shows how Chicano poetry is nourished by the oral tradition of the Mexican corrido, or master ballad, which was a vital part of artistic and political life along the Mexican-U.S. border from 1890 to 1930.Limón's use of Bloom, as well as of Marxist critics Raymond Williams and Fredric Jameson, brings Chicano literature into the arena of contemporary literary theory. By focusing on an important but little-studied poetic tradition, his book challenges our ideas of the American canon and extends the reach of Hispanists and folklorists as well.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Preface
- INTRODUCTION
- PART ONE. POLITICS, POETICS, AND THE RESIDUAL PRECURSORS, 1848-1958
- PART TWO. SOCIAL CONFLICT, EMERGENT POETRY, AND THE NEW EPHEBES
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
- APPENDIX A. Harold Bloom: An Exposition and Left Critique
- APPENDIX B. Juan Gomez-Quinones, "Canto al Trabajador"
- APPENDIX C. Juan Gomez-Quinones, "The Ballad of Billy Rivera"
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-213) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9786612354953
- 9781282354951
- 1282354957
- 9780520911871
- 0520911873
- 9780585119915
- 0585119910
- OCLC:
- 630527778
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