The Intellectual and Cultural Worlds of Rubén Darío

The Intellectual and Cultural Worlds of Rubén Darío
ISBN-10
1000803414
ISBN-13
9781000803419
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
199
Language
English
Published
2022-12-29
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Author
Kathleen T. O’Connor-Bater

Description

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.

Similar books