The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry
Cambridge Companions to Literature Series

The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry provides historical context on the evolution of the Latin American poetic tradition from the sixteenth century to the present day. It is organized into three parts. Part I provides a comprehensive, chronological survey of Latin American poetry and includes separate chapters on Colonial poetry, Romanticism/modernism, the avant-garde, conversational poetry, and contemporary poetry. Part II contains six succinct essays on the major figures Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Gabriela Mistral, César Vallejo, Pablo Neruda, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and Octavio Paz. Part III analyses specific and distinctive trends within the poetic canon, including women's, LGBT, Quechua, Afro-Hispanic, Latino/a and New Media poetry. This Companion also contains a guide to further reading as well as an essay on the best English translations of Latin American poetry. It will be a key resource for students and instructors of Latin American literature and poetry.

Part I. History: 1. Colonial poetry Rodrigo Cacho Casal; 2. From Romanticism to modernismo Cecila Enjuto-Rangel; 3. The Avant-garde: from Creacionismo to Ultraísmo, Brazilian Modernismo, Antropofagia, and Surrealism Adam Joseph Shellhorse; 4. Conversational poetry Stephen M. Hart; 5. Contemporary poetry Ben Bollig; Part II. Six Key Figures: 6. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Stephen M. Hart; 7. Gabriela Mistral Karen Pena; 8. César Vallejo Stephen M. Hart; 9. Pablo Neruda Adam Feinstein; 10. Carlos Drummond de Andrade Charles A. Perrone; 11. Octavio Paz Jason Wilson; Part III. Diversity and Heterogeneity: 12. Women's poetry Sara Castro-Klarén; 13. LGBT poetry Brad Epps and Stephen M. Hart; 14. Quechua/Kichwa Poetry Alison Krögel; 15. Afro-Hispanic poetry Martha Ojeda; 16. Latino/a poetry Michael Dowdy; 17. (New) media poetry Thea Pitman; 18. English translations Valentino Gianuzzi.

Stephen M. Hart is Professor of Latin American Film, Literature and Culture at University College London and founder-Director of the Centre of César Vallejo Studies. He has been awarded the Order of Merit for Distinguished Services by the Peruvian government for his research on the life and work of Vallejo, made a Miembro Correspondiente by the Academia Peruana de la Lengua and awarded the Order of Merit from the National University of Trujillo.