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...

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Other Authors: Hedeen, Katherine M. (Editor, Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Grewelthorpe, Ripon, England : Smokestack Books, [2016]
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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