The double strand : five contemporary Mexican poets / Frank Dauster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dauster, Frank N., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

Mexican poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Two strands, one indigenous, the other imposed, pro-duce the poetic and cultural tensions that give form to the work of five contemporary Mexican poets -- All Chumacero, Efrain Huerta, Jaime Sabines, Ruben Bonifaz Nuno, and Rosario Castellanos. Although all five are significant figures, only Castellanos has yet been widely studied in the United States, primarily for her novels and her relations with the feminist movement.In spite of a number of rather basic differences in their work, these poets share and write within a complicated culture rooted in both the pre-Hispanic and the European tradi

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. The Background: Modem Poetry in Mexico; 2. Alí Chumacero: The Inner Landscape; 3. Efraín Huerta: The Sword of Eros; 4. Jaime Sabines: The Quarrel with God; 5. Rubén Bonifaz Nuño: The Shadow of the Goddess; 6. Rosario Castellanos: The Search for a Voice; 7. Conclusions: The Double Strand; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813186085

0813186080

9780813162829

0813162823

OCLC:

900345191