The Cambridge History of Cuban Literature

Extending from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century, The Cambridge History of Cuban Literature is the first book in English to tell the intricate story of Cuban literary-intellectual culture from the seventeenth-century to the twenty-first century. This landmark book highlights the intricacies of linguistic and cultural translation embodied in telling a story in English about a body of work expressed predominantly in Spanish, but also French, Haitian Krey l, Angolan Portuguese, and English. Broad in its scope, this book encompasses such major figures as G mez de Avellaneda, Heredia, Pl cido, Manzano, Villaverde, Mart , Casal, Carpentier, L. Cabrera, Ma ach, Loynaz, Pi era, Lezama Lima, and Cabrera Infante, as well as theatre and performance groups, film, post-revolutionary projects, post-1989 Special Period writers, and literature of Cuba's diasporas. It highlights four key features weaving through Cuban literary history: its engagement with international networks; its key role in cultural identity debates throughout Latin America; persistent debates about race, gender, and class; and the tropes of travel and movement--voluntary, exploratory, enslaved, migratory, or exilic.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009168347
• ISBN13: 9781009168342
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 816 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"