The Great Zoo and Other Poems (English and Spanish Edition) - Softcover

Guillén, Nicolás

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0853452873 ISBN 13: 9780853452874

Publisher: Monthly Review Press, 1973

Synopsis

La Habana. 20 cm. 222 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idiomas Inglés y Castellano. Edited and translated by Robert Márquez .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario.

About this title

About the Author:

Guillen, one of the leaders of the Afro-Antillean school of poetry, was inspired by popular dance, ballads, song rhythms, and speech patterns, all of which show a heavy African influence. In his first volumes, Motives of Sound (1930) and Songoro Cosongo (1931), meaning is communicated primarily through sound, and many poems are in regional popular dialect. Much of his subsequent poetry reflects his profound social commitment: West Indies Limited (1934) opposes imperialism, and Spain (1937) expresses his support for the republic during the Spanish civil war. Tengo (1964) deals with the Cuban Revolution in a tone aimed at a popular audience. All Guillen's work is an intense effort to relate poetry to the culture of the Cuban people and to political and social protest.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Spanish

About this edition

• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0853452873
• ISBN 13: 9780853452874
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Márquez Robert