Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-19769-5 — The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry Edited by Stephen M. Hart Frontmatter More Information the cambridge companion to latin american poetry The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry provides historical context on the evolution of the Latin American poetic tradition from the sixteenth century to the present day. It is organized into three parts. Part I provides a comprehensive, chronological survey of Latin American poetry and includes separate chapters on Colonial poetry, Romanticism/modernismo,the avant-garde, conversational poetry, and contemporary poetry. Part II contains six succinct chapters on the major figures Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Gabriela Mistral, César Vallejo, Pablo Neruda, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and Octavio Paz. Part III analyzes specific and distinctive trends within the poetic canon, including women’s, Quechua, Afro-Hispanic, Latino/a, and New Media poetry. This Companion also contains a guide to further reading as well as a chapter on the best English translations of Latin American poetry. It will be a key resource for students and instructors of Latin American literature and poetry. Stephen M. Hart is Professor of Latin American Film, Literature, and Culture at University College London and founder-director of the Centre of César Vallejo Studies. He has been awarded the Order of Merit for Distinguished Services by the Peruvian government for his research on the life and work of Vallejo, made a Miembro Correspondiente by the Academia Peruana de la Lengua, and awarded the Order of Merit from the National University of Trujillo. A complete list of books in the series is at the back of the book. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-19769-5 — The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry Edited by Stephen M. Hart Frontmatter More Information THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO LATIN AMERICAN POETRY EDITED BY STEPHEN M. HART University College London © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-19769-5 — The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry Edited by Stephen M. Hart Frontmatter More Information University Printing House, Cambridge cb2 8bs, United Kingdom One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, ny 10006, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, vic 3207, Australia 314–321, 3rd Floor, Plot 3, Splendor Forum, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi – 110025, India 79 Anson Road, #06–04/06, Singapore 079906 Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. 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Hart, University College, London. description: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2018]. | Includes bibliographical references and index. identifiers: lccn 2017043870 | isbn 9781107197695 subjects: lcsh: Latin American poetry – History and criticism. | Poets, Latin American – Biography. classification: lcc pq7082.p7 c23 2018 | ddc 861.009–dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017043870 isbn 978-1-107-19769-5 Hardback isbn 978-1-316-64785-1 Paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-19769-5 — The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry Edited by Stephen M. Hart Frontmatter More Information CONTENTS List of illustrations page vii Notes on contributors viii Preface xiii Chronology xix part i history 1 Colonial Poetry 3 rodrigo cacho casal 2 From Romanticism to Modernismo 18 cecilia enjuto rangel 3 The Avant-Garde: From Creacionismo to Ultraísmo, Brazilian Modernismo, Antropofagia, and Surrealism 36 adam joseph shellhorse 4 Conversational Poetry 63 stephen m. hart 5 Contemporary Poetry 80 ben bollig part ii six key figures 6 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 99 stephen m. hart 7 Gabriela Mistral 113 karen benavente v © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-19769-5 — The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry Edited by Stephen M. Hart Frontmatter More Information contents 8 César Vallejo 125 stephen m. hart 9 Pablo Neruda 140 adam feinstein 10 Carlos Drummond de Andrade 152 charles a. perrone 11 Octavio Paz 163 jason wilson part iii diversity and heterogeneity 12 Women’s Poetry 175 sara castro-klare´ n 13 LGBTQ Poetry 194 stephen m. hart with brad epps 14 Quechua/Kichwa Poetry 210 alison kro¨ gel 15 Afro-Hispanic Poetry 227 martha ojeda 16 U.S. Latino/a Poetry 245 michael dowdy 17 (New) Media Poetry 261 thea pitman 18 English Translations 282 valentino gianuzzi Guide to Further Reading 289 Select Bibliography 294 Index 302 vi © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-19769-5 — The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry Edited by Stephen M. Hart Frontmatter More Information ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Omar Gancedo, “IBM,” Revista Diagonal Cero,(1966). page 268 2. Belén Gache, “En breve espacio mucha primavera,” Góngora Wordtoys (2011). 269 3. Ana María Uribe, “Deseo – Desejo – Desire” (2002). 273 4. Wilton Luiz de Azevedo, atame: a angustia do precario (2005). Azevedo: text and images; Fernanda Nardi: monologue; Rita Varlesi: video and performance. 274 5. Eduardo Navas, 9_11_2001_netMemorial (2002). 275 6. Gustavo Romano, IP Poetry Project (2004–). 278 7. Thea Pitman, “Poesía obra digital” (2016). 280 vii © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-19769-5 — The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry Edited by Stephen M. Hart Frontmatter More Information NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS karen benavente is Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Texas–Rio Grande Valley. Her present research focuses on poetry and poetics in Luso- Hispanic Studies, primarily on the work of Jorge Luis Borges, María Zambrano, Gabriela Mistral, Cecília Meireles, and Walter Hugo Khouri. Her publications include Poetry and The Realm of the Public Intellectual: The Alternative Destinies of Gabriela Mistral, Cecília Meireles, and Rosario Castellanos (2007) and Gabriela Mistral: Carta para muchos: España, 1933–1935 (2014). ben bollig is Professor of Spanish American Literature at St Catherine’s College, Oxford. He researches on contemporary literature and film in Latin America, with a particular focus on Argentine poetry. He recently completed a book, with the aid of a Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust, under the title Politics and Public Space in Contemporary Argentine Poetry. The Lyric and the State (2016). His other recent books include a translation of Cristian Aliaga’s The Foreign Passion (2016) and, with Alejandra Crosta, a volume of new British poetry in Spanish translation, Antropófagos en las islas, published in Argentina. He is an editor of Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies and a member of the advisory board for the Patagonian cultural supplement, El extremo sur – Confines. rodrigo cacho casal is Reader in Spanish Golden Age and Colonial Studies at Clare College, Cambridge. His research focuses mainly on Renaissance and Baroque cultures and Spanish American colonial literature. His recent writings have been concerned with literary genres, such as burlesque and epic poetry, and the works of Francisco de Quevedo, which are treated in his latest monograph, La esfera del ingenio: las silvas de Quevedo y la tradición europea (2012). He also works on Colonial poetry, and has coedited a volume on Golden Age poetry Los géneros poéticos del Siglo de Oro (2013). He has recently been awarded a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship and is currently preparing a monograph on Spanish American Colonial poetry. sara castro-klare´ n is Professor of Latin American Culture and Literature at The Johns Hopkins University. She has been the recipient of several teaching viii © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-19769-5 — The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry Edited by Stephen M. Hart Frontmatter More Information notes on contributors awards and, in 1993, the Foreign Service Institute conferred upon her the title of “Distinguished Visiting Lecturer.” She was appointed to the Fulbright Board of Directors by President Clinton in 1999. Her publications include El mundo mágico de José María Arguedas (1973), Understanding Mario Vargas Llosa (1990), Escritura, sujeto y transgresión en la literatura latinoamericana