The intellectual and cultural worlds of Rubén Darío /
Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío (1867-1916) has had a foundational influence on virtually all Spanish language writers and poets of the twentieth century and beyond. Yet, while he is a household name among Hispano-phone readers, the seminal modernista remains virtually unknown to an English readership....
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
[2023].
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| Series: | Routledge studies in Latin American and Iberian literature.
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| Summary: | Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío (1867-1916) has had a foundational influence on virtually all Spanish language writers and poets of the twentieth century and beyond. Yet, while he is a household name among Hispano-phone readers, the seminal modernista remains virtually unknown to an English readership. This book examines the writings of Ruben Dario as both poet and chronicler, as he renovates language drawing lessons from ancient mythologies to embrace the ideal of "art for art's sake," all the while opposing United States aggression in the hemisphere along with the pseudo-Bohemian European bourgeoisie in poetry and prose at the cusp of the Great War. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [168]-171) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780367751906 0367751909 9781032391885 103239188X |