A01=Alan West-Duran
Author_Alan West-Duran
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World History
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- ISBN 9780897893381
- Publication Date: 16 Jul 1997
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This study offers a unique perspective in interpreting the cultural politics of Cuba's complex history through an exploration of the country's literature. The book introduces readers to some of Cuba's most eminent and engaging voices by examining some of the historical tropes put forth by major writers. Drawing on an array of interpretive approaches from mythopoetic analysis to phenomenology, West addresses the work of Nancy Morejón, Alejo Carpentier, Virgilio Piñera, Dulce María Loynaz, José Lezama Lima, and Severo Sarduy. This poetic look at Cuba's rich and turbulent history through the eyes of its writers will be of interest to students and scholars of Latin American history and culture.
ALAN WEST is Professor of Spanish at Babson College. A Cuban-born writer, he is author of Being America, Roberto Clemente: A Baseball Legend, and Jose Marti: Man of Poetry, Soldier of Freedom. His most recent book of poems is the bilingual Dar nombres a la lluvia/Finding Voices in the Rain. West has translated the works of Elena Poniatowska, Luis Rafael Sanchez, Rosario Ferre, and Nancy Morejon.
