Screen LibraryThe intellectual and cultural worlds of Rubén Darío /
"Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío (1867-1916) has had a foundational influence on virtually all Spanish language writers and poets of the twentieth century and beyond. Yet, while he is a household name among Hispano-phone readers, the seminal modernista remains virtually unknown to an English reader...
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2023. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge studies in Latin American and Iberian literature
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"Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío (1867-1916) has had a foundational influence on virtually all Spanish language writers and poets of the twentieth century and beyond. Yet, while he is a household name among Hispano-phone readers, the seminal modernista remains virtually unknown to an English readership. This book examines the writings of Ruben Dario as both poet and chronicler, as he renovates language drawing lessons from ancient mythologies to embrace the ideal of "art for art's sake"; all the while opposing United States aggression in the hemisphere along with the pseudo-Bohemian European bourgeoisie in poetry and prose at the cusp of the Great War"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780367751906 0367751909 9781032391885 103239188X |
| Index Number: | PQ7519 |
| CLC: | I745.064 |
| Call Number: | I745.064/O183 |
| Contents: | Historical context of Darío's Nicaragua -- The life of the poet according to himself (and others) -- Azul and the soul of Modernismo -- The hour of the melody -- Prosas profanas y otros poemas Buenos Aires, 1896 and 1901 -- The "complexe de Paris": Hugo, Verlaine, and Darío's mental Gallicism -- Mais quelqu'un troubla la fête: disenchanted by the "Greece of France" -- Universal clamor: Darío and Theodore Roosevelt's United States -- Songs of life and hope, 1905 -- Mundial magazine, 1911-1914 -- With Hugo, strong: Romanticist influence in Darío's Modernismo -- The weeping titan -- Appendix A: "The motives of the wolf" by Rubén Darío, English translation by author -- Appendix B: "Les raisons du Momotombo" from La légende des siècles by Victor Hugo. |