Acknowledged Legislator - Critical Essays on the Poetry of Martin Espada (Paperback)

Acknowledged Legislator: Critical Essays on the Poetry of Martin Espada stands as the first-ever collection of essays on poet and activist Martin 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.

General

Imprint:	Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2016
Editors:	Edward J. Carvalho
Contributors:	Natasha Azank • Andy Croft • Michael Dowdy • Carmen Dolores Hernandez • Jeremy Larochelle • Peter Nelson • Camilo Perez-Bustillo • Cesar A. Salgado • Eric B Salo
Dimensions:	225 x 153 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	356
ISBN-13:	978-1-61147-959-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Literary Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Biography > Literary Promotions
LSN:	1-61147-959-2
Barcode:	9781611479591

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