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GuillÉn, NicolÁs - nēkōläsˈ gēyānˈ, 1904–89, Cuban poet. A leading exponent of poesia negra—an Afro-Antillean genre developed in the Caribbean—Guillén writes poetry charged with intense racial and political feelings. In Motivos de son (1930) and Sóngoro cosongo (1931) he employed native incantations

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The Poet's Africa: Africanness in the Poetry of Nicolas Guillen and Aime Cesaire » Read Now
by Josaphat B. Kubayanda. 180 pgs.

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This work is the first to study the writings of Nicolas Guillen and Aime Cesaire in a comparative framework, exploring their poetry as the exemplification of Negritude art and Caribbean writing. Using non-canonical theories of literary and cultural analysis, Kubayanda proposes and demonstrates an...
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This work is the first to study the writings of Nicolas Guillen and Aime Cesaire in a comparative framework, exploring their poetry as the exemplification of Negritude art and Caribbean writing. Using non-canonical theories of literary and cultural analysis, Kubayanda proposes and demonstrates an original Caribbean poetics, anchored in Africa's cultural systems and linked to Afro-American protest thought. Focusing on race, culture, roots, and history, the book discusses the relationships between creative writing, the idea of Africa, and the rediscovery of African values in the Caribbean.
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Man-Making Words: Selected Poems of Nicolas Guillaen » Read Now
by Nicolas Guillen, Robert Marquez. 214 pgs.

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Some Early Readings of Motivos De Son, in Romance Quarterly » Read Now
by Edward J. Mullen. 10 pgs.

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...son Edward J. Mullen When Nicolas Guillen died on July 16, 1989, he left...very useful " Conversacion con Nicolas Guillen ," we learn that Guillen still...Ortiz " Motivos...
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Celestina's Brood: Continuities of the Baroque in Spanish and Latin American Literatures (includes "Guillen as Baroque: Meaning in Motivos de Son") » Read Now
by Roberto Gonzelez Echevarria. 284 pgs.

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...pp. 75-99. "Guillen as Baroque," Callaloo , "Nicolas Guillen: A Special Issue," ed. Vera M. Kutzinski, vol...Juan de Espinosa Medrano, Alejo Carpentier, and Nicolas...
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The Repeating Island: The Caribbean and the Postmodern Perspective (includes "Nicolas Guillen: Sugar Mill and Poetry") » Read Now
by Antonio Benitez Rojo, James Maraniss. 360 pgs.

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In this section edition of the Repeating Island, Antonio Benitez-Rojo, a master of the historical novel, short story, and critical essay, continues to confront the legacy and myths of colonialism.
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Between Race and Empire: African-Americans and Cubans before the Cuban Revolution (includes "Nicolas Guillen and Langston Hughes Convergences and Divergences") » Read Now
by Lisa Brock, Digna Castaneda Fuertes. 298 pgs.

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...such as Regino Pedroso and Nicolas Guillen thrust the viciousness of U...Keith Ellis in his essay " Nicolas Guillen and Langston Hughes: Convergences...lives of Langston...
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Black Writers and Latin America: Cross-Cultural Affinities (includes information on Nicolas Guillen in "Hispanic Black Writers and the United States") » Read Now
by Richard L. Jackson. 208 pgs.

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In this study, the author begins by examining the influence of Africa and Spain upon the literatures of African Americans and Latin Americans. He explores the reciprocal exchange of influences among artists of African descent in the United States and in Latin America--from established writers to a new generation of writers, including women.