Tropical town and other poems / Salomon de la Selva ; edited, with an introduction, by Silvio Sirias.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Selva, Salomón de la, 1893-1959.

Contributor:

Sirias, Silvio.

Series:

Recovering the U.S Hispanic Literary Heritage Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nicaraguans--United States--Poetry.

Nicaraguans.

Nicaragua--Poetry.

Nicaragua.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (171 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Houston, Tex. : Arte Publico Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tropical Town and Other Poems, de la Selva's little-known first collection, was written in English while he resided in the U.S.; he employs traditional rhyme, meter, and forms such as the sonnet and quatrain. Some works celebrate de la Selva's native land, Nicaragua, while others, such as "Finally" and "The Dreamer's Heart Knows Its Own Bitterness, " speak of the United States with a mixture of admiration and misgiving. Love lyrics intermingle with folk songs and poems observing the war then raging in Europe. All are marked by a graceful verbal music, embodying what poet Grace Schulman has called "a poetry of deep concern for human suffering." In a thoughtful critical introduction, Silvio Sirias surveys the poet's life and work, and examines the "poetic dialogues" that de la Selva conducted with Millay and Dario.

Contents:

""Tropical Town""; ""Contents""; ""Tropical Town""; ""My Nicaragua""; ""Tropical Town""; ""Tropical House""; ""Tropical Park""; ""Tropical Morning""; ""Guitar Song with Variations""; ""Tropical Dance""; ""The Midget Maiden""; ""The Girl That Was Wise""; ""Tropical Rain""; ""The Haunted House of LeÂ?n""; ""A Song for Wall Street""; ""Tropical Afternoon""; ""Tropical Life""; ""All Souls Day""; ""Tropical Childhood""; ""Birds of Clay""; ""Body and Soul""; ""My Nicaragua""; ""The DreamerÃŒs Heart Knows Its Own Bitterness""; ""In New England and Other Lyrics""; ""Deliverance""; ""Portrait""

""The Secret""""Confidences""; ""Finally""; ""Measure""; ""Inmate""; ""Song of the Magdalen""; ""Cellini at the Metropolitan Museum""; ""Three Songs My Little Sister Made""; ""Sonnet""; ""Courtship""; ""Three Songs""; ""In War Time""; ""A Prayer for the United States""; ""Hatred""; ""December, 1916""; ""Drill""; ""Ode to the Woolworth Building""; ""The Knight in Gray""; ""The Tale from Faerieland""; ""Pastorale""; ""The Tale From Faerieland""; ""To A Young Man""; ""The Box of Sandalwood""; ""Candle Light""; ""Fleur D'Or""; ""Song of the Poppy""; ""Song of the Poppy's Lover""; ""Aria in G""

Notes:

"Recovering the U.S. Hispanic literary heritage".

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781611927849

1611927846

9781611920512

1611920515

OCLC:

922965761