| Acknowledged Legislator: Critical Essays on the Poetry of Martín Espada Contributor(s): Carvalho, Edward J. (Editor), Azank, Natasha (Contribution by), Croft, Andy (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1611476410 ISBN-13: 9781611476415 Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press OUR PRICE: $134.64 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Poetry | Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2013050397 |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 6.32" W x 9.26" (1.41 lbs) 356 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Acknowledged Legislator: Critical Essays on the Poetry of Martín Espada stands as the first-ever collection of essays on poet and activist Martín Espada. It is also, to date, the only published book-length, single-author study of Espada currently in existence. Relying on innovative, highly original contributions from thirteen Espada scholars, its principal aim is to argue for a long overdue critical awareness of and cultural appreciation for Espada and his body of writing. Acknowledged Legislator accomplishes this task in three fundamental ways: by providing readers with background information on the poet's life and work; offering an examination into the subject matter and dominant themes that are frequently contained in his writing; and finally, by advocating, in a variety of ways, for why we should be reading, discussing, and teaching the Espada canon. Divided into four distinct sections that modulate through several theoretical frames-from Espada's attention to resistance poetics and concerns for historical memory to his oppositional critique of neoliberalism and support for a class consciousness grounded in labor rights-Acknowledged Legislator offers a cohesive, forward-thinking interpretive statement of the poet's vision and proposes a critical (re)assessment for how we read Espada, now and in the future. |