José Martí : a revolutionary life / by Alfred J. López.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

López, Alfred J., 1962- author.

Series:

Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Martí, José, 1853-1895.

Martí, José.

Revolutionaries--Cuba--Biography.

Revolutionaries.

Statesmen--Cuba--Biography.

Statesmen.

Cuba--History--1878-1895.

Cuba.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (431 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

José Martí (1853–1895) was the founding hero of Cuban independence. In all of modern Latin American history, arguably only the “Great Liberator” Simón Bolívar rivals Martí in stature and legacy. Beyond his accomplishments as a revolutionary and political thinker, Martí was a giant of Latin American letters, whose poetry, essays, and journalism still rank among the most important works of the region. Today he is revered by both the Castro regime and the Cuban exile community, whose shared veneration of the “apostle” of freedom has led to his virtual apotheosis as a national saint. In José Martí: A Revolutionary Life, Alfred J. López presents the definitive biography of the Cuban patriot and martyr. Writing from a nonpartisan perspective and drawing on years of research using original Cuban and U.S. sources, including materials never before used in a Martí biography, López strips away generations of mythmaking and portrays Martí as Cuba’s greatest founding father and one of Latin America’s literary and political giants, without suppressing his public missteps and personal flaws. In a lively account that engrosses like a novel, López traces the full arc of Martí’s eventful life, from his childhood and adolescence in Cuba, to his first exile and subsequent life in Spain, Mexico City, and Guatemala, through his mature revolutionary period in New York City and much-mythologized death in Cuba on the battlefield at Dos Ríos. The first major biography of Martí in over half a century and the first ever in English, José Martí is the most substantial examination of Martí’s life and work ever published.

Contents:

""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction. Mariano and Leonor""; ""Part One. Before the Fall (1853-1870)""; ""1. An Unlikely Prodigy""; ""A Boy's First Letter""; ""2. The Teacher Appears""; ""3. Trial by Fire""; ""Havana Farewell""; ""Part Two. Exile (1871-1880)""; ""4. Spain""; ""5. A Young Man's Travels""; ""6. Discovering America (1): Mexico""; ""A Secret Mission""; ""7. Discovering America (2): Guatemala""; ""8. Homecoming, Interrupted""; ""Part Three. The Great Work (1881-1895)""; ""9. New York (1): A False Start""; ""In the Land of Bolívar""

""10. New York (2): No Country, No Master""""11. New York (3): The Great Work Begins""; ""12. New York (4): The Final Push""; ""13. Farewells and Rowboats""; ""A Narrow Escape-and One Last Letter for His Patria""; ""14. "My Life for My Country"""; ""Epilogue: A Hero's Afterlife""; ""Notes""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-73907-9

OCLC:

891139254