Table of Contents

• Contents
• Preface
• 1. Literature, Ideology, and Hegemony
• 2. Culture, Intellectuals, and Politics in Central America
• 3. Nicaraguan Poetry from DarÍo to Cardenal
• 4. Nicaraguan Poetry of the Insurrection and Reconstruction
• 5. Salvadoran Revolutionary Poetry
• 6. Guatemalan Revolutionary Poetry
• 7. Testimonial Narrative
• Bibliography
• Index

Promotional Information

" ... an absorbing and fascinating elucidation of the contribution of literature to revolutionary politics through the shaping of a revolutionary ideology." -- Donald C. Hodges, author of Intellectual Foundations of the Nicaraguan Revolution

About the Author

John Beverley is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Marc Zimmerman is Professor of World Cultures and Literatures at the University of Houston.

Reviews

This is a stimulating and important book on a subject that has been widely discussed in recent years, but rarely with the theoretical precision and wealth of detail displayed here... A fine contribution to a fascinating area of literary and political practice.