Formal Matters in Contemporary Latino Poetry [electronic resource] /
Aldama, F.author.
Today's Latino poetry scene is incredibly vibrant. With original interviews, this is the first meditation on the thematic features of such poetry. Looking at how Julia Alvarez, Rhina Espaillat, Rafael Campo, and C. Dale Young use structures such as meter, rhyme, and line break, this study identifies a poetics of formalist Latino poetry.
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Today's Latino poetry scene is incredibly vibrant. With original interviews, this is the first meditation on the thematic features of such poetry. Looking at how Julia Alvarez, Rhina Espaillat, Rafael Campo, and C. Dale Young use structures such as meter, rhyme, and line break, this study identifies a poetics of formalist Latino poetry.
Poetry.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Ethnology—Latin America.
America—Literatures.
Poetry and Poetics.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Latin American Culture.
North American Literature.