English translations / Valentino Gianuzzi. From Romanticism to Modernismo / Cecilia Enjuto Rangel -- The Avant-garde: from Creacionismo to Ultraísmo, Brazilian Modernismo, Antropofagia, and Surrealism / Adam Joseph Shellhorse -- Conversational poetry / Stephen M. Hart -- Contemporary poetry / Ben Bollig -- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz / Stephen M. Hart -- Gabriela Mistral / Karen Benavente -- César Vallejo / Stephen M. Hart -- Pablo Neruda / Adam Feinstein -- Carlos Drummond de Andrade / Charles A. Perrone -- Octavio Paz / Jason Wilson -- Women's poetry / Sara Castro-Klarén -- LGBTQ poetry / Stephen M. Hart and Brad Epps -- Quechua/Kichwa Poetry / Alison Krögel -- Afro-Hispanic poetry / Martha Ojeda -- U.S. Latino/a poetry / Michael Dowdy -- (New) media poetry / Thea Pitman -- English translations / Valentino Gianuzzi.
Summary:
"The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry provides historical context on the evolution of the Latin American poetic tradition from the sixteenth century to the present day. It is organized into three parts. Part I provides a comprehensive, chronological survey of Latin American poetry and includes separate chapters on Colonial poetry, Romanticism/modernism, the avant-garde, conversational poetry, and contemporary poetry. Part II contains six succinct essays on the major figures Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Gabriela Mistral, César Vallejo, Pablo Neruda, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and Octavio Paz. Part III analyses specific and distinctive trends within the poetic canon, including women's, LGBT, Quechua, Afro-Hispanic, Latino/a and New Media poetry. This Companion also contains a guide to further reading as well as an essay on the best English translations of Latin American poetry. It will be a key resource for students and instructors of Latin American literature and poetry."--Publisher's description.
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