Spanish American Poetry After 1950: Beyond the Vanguard

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Author: Donald L. Shaw

ISBN-10: 1855661578

ISBN-13: 9781855661578

Category: Latin American & Caribbean Literature

Providing a basis for understanding the main lines of development of poetry in Spanish America after Vanguardism, this volume begins with an overview of the situation at the mid-century: the later work of Neruda and Borges, the emergence of Paz. Consideration is then given to the decisive impact of Parra and the rise of colloquial poetry, politico-social poetry (Dalton, Cardenal) and representative figures such as Orozco, Pacheco and Cisneros. The aim is to establish a few paths through the...

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The principal developments in Spanish American poetry in the second half of the twentieth century.