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Acknowledged Legislator : Critical Essays on the Poetry of Martín Espada.

"Acknowledged Legislator: Critical Essays on the Poetry of Martín Espada" is the first-ever edited collection on poet and activist Martín Espada. With the aid of contributions by established scholars who have a specialized interest in the poet's life and work, its principal aim is t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carvalho, Edward J.
Otros Autores: Azank, Natasha, Croft, Andy, Dowdy, Michael, Hernández, Carmen Dolores, Larochelle, Jeremy, Nelson, Peter, Pérez-Bustillo, Camilo, Salgado, César A., Salo, Eric B., Sarmiento, Oscar, Stanchich, Maritza, Uchmanowicz, Pauline
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Fairleigh Dickinson, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Permissions
  • Contents
  • Key to Espada Title Abbreviations: Ordered by Publication History, 1982-2012
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • I: "My Name Is Espada": Author Profile
  • Chapter One: Martín Espada
  • II: "[T]o give history a human face":1 Historical Memory and Political Resistance
  • Chapter Two: The Republic of Memory
  • Chapter Three: Martín Espada
  • Chapter Four: Undoing Macho
  • Chapter Five: Muse on First
  • Chapter Six: A Poetry like Ammunition
  • III: Compañero: Labor Advocacy, Economic Concerns, and Class Consciousness
  • Chapter Seven: "Heart of Hunger"
  • Chapter Eight: "[T]he black braid of names"
  • Chapter Nine: From the Inner City to the Cotton Fields
  • IV: "The poets must speak":1 Postscripts and Epilogue
  • Chapter Ten: La tumba de Buenaventura Roig
  • Chapter Eleven: The Poet Is a Historian, the Poem Is a Record
  • Chapter Twelve: A Visit to the Bakery
  • Chapter Thirteen: The Great Bell in Martín Espada's Chest
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • About the Contributors.