Mexican ballads, Chicano poems : history and influence in Mexican-American social poetry / / José E. Limón

• Autore: Limón José E.
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1992]; ©1992
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (235 p.)
• Disciplina: 811.009/86872
• Soggetto topico: Social problems in literature; Mexican Americans in literature; American poetry - Mexican influences; Mexican Americans - Intellectual life; Ballads, Spanish - Mexico - Appreciation - United States; American poetry - Mexican American authors - History and criticism
• Soggetto non controllato: 1960s; 1970s; american literature; american poetry; art; artistic influences; ballad poetry; ballads; chicano poetry; chicano; corrido; folklore; harold bloom; life story; literary analysis; literary criticism; literary influences; literary theory; literature; marxism; marxist; mexican border; mexico; oral tradition; poetics; poetry in spanish; poetry; political; politics; raymond williams; social studies; spanish poetry; true story; western poetry; western world
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-213) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. POLITICS, POETICS, AND THE RESIDUAL PRECURSORS, 1848-1958 -- PART TWO. SOCIAL CONFLICT, EMERGENT POETRY, AND THE NEW EPHEBES -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- APPENDIX A. Harold Bloom: An Exposition and Left Critique -- APPENDIX B. Juan Gomez-Quinones, "Canto al Trabajador" -- APPENDIX C. Juan Gomez-Quinones, "The Ballad of Billy Rivera" -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Mexican Ballads, Chicano Poems combines literary theory with the personal engagement of a prominent Chicano scholar. Recalling his experiences as a student in Texas, José Limón examines the politically motivated Chicano poetry of the 60s and 70s. He bases his analyses on Harold Bloom's theories of literary influence but takes Bloom into the socio-political realm. Limón shows how Chicano poetry is nourished by the oral tradition of the Mexican corrido, or master ballad, which was a vital part of artistic and political life along the Mexican-U.S. border from 1890 to 1930.Limón's use of Bloom, as well as of Marxist critics Raymond Williams and Fredric Jameson, brings Chicano literature into the arena of contemporary literary theory. By focusing on an important but little-studied poetic tradition, his book challenges our ideas of the American canon and extends the reach of Hispanists and folklorists as well.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mexican Ballads, Chicano Poems
• ISBN: 1-282-35495-7; 9786612354953; 0-520-91187-3; 0-585-11991-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910495877603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New historicism ; ; 17.