Ambassadors of Culture
Subtitle: The Transamerican Origins of Latino Writing.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: December 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780691050973
Subjects: American studies; Literary studies: general; Latin America; Hispanic American literature (; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Spanish; Literary Criticism; USA; General; American Language and Literature; Latin American Studies; Literary Criticism & Collections / Hispanic American; Postcolonial Studies; 19th century; American literature; Hispanic American literature (Spanish); History and criticism; Relations; United States
First sentence: Near the beginning of the century in which nationalism in the Americas assumed its fateful form, the Cuban-born writer Jose Maria Heredia penned these lines from "En una tempestad: Al huracan," which was first published from his political exile in New York City in 1825.