Table of Contents

Part I. History: 1. Colonial poetry Rodrigo Cacho Casal; 2. From Romanticism to modernismo Cecila Enjuto-Rangel; 3. The Avant-garde: from Creacionismo to Ultraísmo, Brazilian Modernismo, Antropofagia, and Surrealism Adam Joseph Shellhorse; 4. Conversational poetry Stephen M. Hart; 5. Contemporary poetry Ben Bollig; Part II. Six Key Figures: 6. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Stephen M. Hart; 7. Gabriela Mistral Karen Pena; 8. César Vallejo Stephen M. Hart; 9. Pablo Neruda Adam Feinstein; 10. Carlos Drummond de Andrade Charles A. Perrone; 11. Octavio Paz Jason Wilson; Part III. Diversity and Heterogeneity: 12. Women's poetry Sara Castro-Klarén; 13. LGBT poetry Brad Epps and Stephen M. Hart; 14. Quechua/Kichwa Poetry Alison Krögel; 15. Afro-Hispanic poetry Martha Ojeda; 16. Latino/a poetry Michael Dowdy; 17. (New) media poetry Thea Pitman; 18. English translations Valentino Gianuzzi.

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This Companion provides a chronological survey of Latin American poetry, analysis of modern trends and six succinct essays on the major figures.

About the Author

Stephen M. Hart is Professor of Latin American Film, Literature and Culture at University College London and founder-Director of the Centre of César Vallejo Studies. He has been awarded the Order of Merit for Distinguished Services by the Peruvian government for his research on the life and work of Vallejo, made a Miembro Correspondiente by the Academia Peruana de la Lengua and awarded the Order of Merit from the National University of Trujillo.

Reviews

'Author/editor of numerous books on Latin American literature, Hart (University College, London) here turns his hand to the relatively neglected genre of poetry … This important study is rounded out by a chronology of poetic events, a valuable guide to further reading, a select bibliography, and copious chapter notes. Recommended.' Choice