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Everything in Its Place: The Life and Works of Virgilio Pinera: is a seminal book that fills a major gap in Cuban and Latin American literary criticism. In addition to being the most comprehensive study to date of the life and work of Virgilio Pinera, this is the first book in English on this major twentieth-century Cuban author. In this study Thomas F. Anderson draws extensively on unpublished manuscripts and diverse critical writings, bringing new insights into how Pinera's works responded to key literary influences as well as events in his life and in Cuban political and cultural history.
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A collection of essays addressing gay/lesbian identities and practices in relation to Spanish/Latin American literatures and cultures.
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"Considerada como una de las mejores revistas culturales de la lengua española de 1944 a 1956, Orígenes fue también una estética y una agenda de promoción cultural, que además de la literatura incluía la música y la pintura tanto de las Américas como de Europa. La centralidad de Lezama Lima, los nexos internacionales, el culto a la amistad como modus operandi, las revistas que anteceden el surgimiento de Orígenes (Verbum, Espuela de Plata, Nadie Parecía), el descubrimiento de la imagen, la presencia de Juan Ramón Jiménez, los contrastes entre Lezama y Virgilio Piñera, son, entre otros tópicos, discutidos en la introducción"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
"Cuban author Jose Lezama Lima (1910-76) produced some of the most enigmatic and important poetry in the Spanish language. He did this during a turbulent moment in Cuban history - a period of social unrest, radical change in political systems, and attempts at cultural self-definition. While some have argued that his poetry evades these circumstances, Assimilation/Generation/Resurrection adopts a contextual approach and reveals the extent of Lezama's engagement with the defining political and cultural issues of his day. It also lays bare the underlying connection of this poetry to a weave of intertexts - Lezama's productive interaction with several traditions." "Intimidating in its philosophi...
"Biographical study addresses Yupanqui's fight for popular causes, his life in exile, his performances of Argentine traditional songs, his use of folk material in compositions, and the political content of his lyrics"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
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