Acknowledged Legislator
Critical Essays on the Poetry of Martín Espada
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Central & South American, Biography & Memoir, Literary, Poetry
| Author: | Natasha Azank, Andy Croft, Michael Dowdy, Carmen Dolores Hernández, Jeremy Larochelle, Peter Nelson, Camilo Pérez-Bustillo, César A. Salgado, Eric B. Salo, Oscar Sarmiento, Maritza Stanchich, Pauline Uchmanowicz | ISBN: | 9781611476422 |
| Publisher: | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press | Publication: | April 17, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Natasha Azank, Andy Croft, Michael Dowdy, Carmen Dolores Hernández, Jeremy Larochelle, Peter Nelson, Camilo Pérez-Bustillo, César A. Salgado, Eric B. Salo, Oscar Sarmiento, Maritza Stanchich, Pauline Uchmanowicz |
| ISBN: | 9781611476422 |
| Publisher: | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |
| Publication: | April 17, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
