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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.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    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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    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.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ...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.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ...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.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    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.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...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.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    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.

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