The docile Puerto Rican
Subtitle: essays
By: René Marqués ; translated with an introd. by Barbara Bockus Aponte.
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng; chi
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: Puerto Rican literature -- History and criticism; National characteristics, Puerto Rican
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation of Ensayos (1953-1971)
Table of contents: title: Literary pessimism and political optimism: their coexistence in contemporary Puerto Rico.; title: The sound and the fury of Mr. Kazin's critics.; title: The docile Puerto Rican: literature and psychological reality.; title: The Puerto Rican short story of the forties generation.; title: The problem of language in Puerto Rico.; title: A character in folklore and a theme of farce in Puerto Rico.; title: Message of a Puerto Rican to the writers and artists of Peru.; title: The function of the Puerto Rican writer today.