The whole island : six decades of Cuban poetry, a bilingual anthology / edited by Mark Weiss.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weiss, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuban poetry--Translations into English.

Cuban poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (622 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cuba's cultural influence throughout the Western Hemisphere, and especially in the United States, has been disproportionally large for so small a country. This landmark volume is the first comprehensive overview of poetry written over the past sixty years. Presented in a beautiful Spanish-English en face edition, The Whole Island makes available the astonishing achievement of a wide range of Cuban poets, including such well-known figures as Nicolás Guillén, José Lezama Lima, and Nancy Morejón, but also poets widely read in Spanish who remain almost unknown to the English-speaking world-among them Fina García Marruz, José Kozer, Raúl Hernández Novás, and Ángel Escobar-and poets born since the Revolution, like Rogelio Saunders, Omar Pérez, Alessandra Molina, and Javier Marimón. The translations, almost all of them new, convey the intensity and beauty of the accompanying Spanish originals. With their work deeply rooted in Cuban culture, many of these poets-both on and off the island-have been at the center of the political and social changes of this tempestuous period. The poems offered here constitute an essential source for understanding the literature and culture of Cuba, its diaspora, and the Caribbean at large, and provide an unparalleled perspective on what it means to be Cuban.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction:

A Note on the Text

Nicolás Guillén

Eugenio Florit

José Lezama Lima

Virgilio Piñera

Samuel Feijóo

Gastón Baquero

Eliseo Diego

Cintio Vitier

Fina García Marruz

Lorenzo García Vega

Carlos Galindo Lena

Francisco de Oraá

Roberto Branly

Pablo Armando Fernández

Roberto Fernández Retamar

Fayad Jamís

Heberto Padilla

José Álvarez Baragaño

César López

Antón Arrufat

José Kozer

Miguel Barnet

Belkis Cuza Malé

Nancy Morejón

Luis Rogelio Nogueras

Lina de Feria

Delfín Prats

Excilia Saldaña

Raúl Hernández Novás

Amando Fernández

Soleida Ríos

Lourdes Gil

Reina María Rodríguez

Abilio Estévez

Iraida Iturralde

Ruth Behar

Ángel Escobar

Ramón Fernández Larrea

Roberto Méndez

Rolando Sánchez Mejías

Rogelio Saunders

Ismael González Castañer

Juan Carlos Flores

Pedro Llanes

Sigfredo Ariel

Frank Abel Dopico

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786612359842

9781282359840

1282359843

9780520944534

0520944534

OCLC:

773565010