| Bello and Bolivar: Poetry and Politics in the Spanish American Revolution Contributor(s): Cussen, Antonio (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521111390 ISBN-13: 9780521111393 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: Antonio Cussen reconstructs Bello's account of the Spanish American Revolution. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: 861 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Latin American and Iberian Literature (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6" W x 9" (0.74 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In June 1810, the Venezuelans, fearful of French aggression, sent a diplomatic mission to London in search of an ally. The mission was headed by Símon Bolívar; the secretary was Andres Bello. Bello remained in London through the Spanish American Revolution and became one of the most accomplished members of the Spanish-speaking intelligentsia. In this book, Antonio Cussen reconstructs Andres Bello's account of the Revolution. The official history of the Revolution, the heroic history of Bolívar, is replaced by the account of a poet, who was first Bolívar's teacher, and later his critic. Through a detailed study of the manuscripts of Bello's unfinished poem América the author argues that Bello recorded the disintegration of the Augustan model of power and culture and intimated the inevitable approach of liberalism with a certain longing for the classical culture of his youth. |