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Walt Whitman and His Caribbean Interlocutors: Jose Marti, C.L.R. James, and Pedro Mir: Song and Counter-Song
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Walt Whitman and His Caribbean Interlocutors: Jose Marti, C.L.R. James, and Pedro Mir: Song and Counter-Song
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Rafael Bernabe
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Series | Historical Materialism |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:294 | Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Literary studies - poetry and poets |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781642597660
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Classifications | Dewey:811.3 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Haymarket Books
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Imprint |
Haymarket Books
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Publication Date |
4 August 2022 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Walt Whitman and His Caribbean Interlocutors: Jose Marti, C.L.R. James, and Pedro Mir explores the writings of Whitman (1819-1892) and of three Caribbean authors who engaged with them. These three interlocutors-the Cuban poet, essayist and revolutionary Jose Marti (1853-1895); the Trinidadian activist, historian and cultural critic C.L.R. James (1901-1989); and the Dominican poet Pedro Mir (1913-2000-all saw in the famous American poet and pacifist a key lens through which to understand North American capitalism and is imperial projections. Whitman and his Caribbean interlocutors are discussed against the backdrop of capitalist modernity's contradictions, as exemplified by the United States between the 1840s and the 1940s. Bernabe deftly uses Marx's exploration of the liberating and oppressive dimensions of capitalist expansion to frame his discussion of each individual author and of Marti's, James's, and Mir's responses to Whitman.
Author Biography
Rafael Bernabe is professor at the University of Puerto Rico. His many publications on Puerto Rico include, (with Cesar J. Ayala) Puerto Rico in the American Century (University of North Carolina Press, 2006).
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