Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darìo (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 Rubén Darìo 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.
| ISBN: | 9780367751906 |
| Publication date: | 29th December 2022 |
| Author: | Kathleen Therese OConnorBater |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 248 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Latin American and Iberian Literature |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Poetry |