Nothing out of this world : Cuban poetry, 1952-2000 /
An introduction to the work of thirty-six poets from Cuba writing in the second half of the twentieth century, including Heberto Padilla, Nancy Morejón, and Víctor Rodríguez Núñez. the oldest poet here, Fina García-Marruz, was born in 1923; the youngest, Damaris Calderón, in 1967. It's an extra...
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Grewelthorpe, Ripon, England :
Smokestack Books,
[2016]
|
| Subjects: |
| Summary: | An introduction to the work of thirty-six poets from Cuba writing in the second half of the twentieth century, including Heberto Padilla, Nancy Morejón, and Víctor Rodríguez Núñez. the oldest poet here, Fina García-Marruz, was born in 1923; the youngest, Damaris Calderón, in 1967. It's an extraordinary and heady mix, combining African and Spanish influences, realism and surrealism, colloquialism and baroque, experiment and commitment, a lucid and moving introduction to a collective poetic subject that defies all kinds of social oppression. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 193 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0993454739 9780993454738 |