Mexican Ballads, Chicano Poems
July 17, 2008
The eScholarship Editions collection includes almost 2000 books from academic presses on a range of topics, including art, science, history, music, religion, and fiction.
Access to the entire collection of electronic books is open to all University of California faculty, staff, and students, while over 500 of the titles are available to the public.
Mexican Ballads, Chicano Poems:
History and Influence in Mexican-American Social Poetry
by José E. Limón
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
| INTRODUCTION |
 |
PART ONE POLITICS, POETICS, AND THE RESIDUAL PRECURSORS, 1848–1958 |
 |
I Borders, Bullets, and Ballads: The Social Making of a Master Poem |
|
2 Américo Paredes, Tradition, and the First Ephebe: A Poetic Meditation on the Epic Corrido |
|
3 With His Pistol in His Hand: The Essay as Strong Sociological Poem |
|
PART TWO SOCIAL CONFLICT, EMERGENT POETRY, AND THE NEW EPHEBES |
|
4 Chicano Poetry and Politics: The Later Recognition of the Precursor |
|
5 My Old Man’s Ballad: José Montoya and the Power Beyond |
|
6 The Daemonizing Epic: Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales and the Poetics of Chicano Rebellion |
|
7 Juan Gómez-Quiñones The Historian in the Poet and the Poetic Form of Androgyny |
|
CONCLUSION |
| EPILOGUE |
|
APPENDIX A HAROLD BLOOM: AN EXPOSITION AND LEFT CRITIQUE |
|
APPENDIX B JUAN GÓMEZ-QUIÑONES, “CANTO AL TRABAJADOR” |
|
APPENDIX C JUAN GÓMEZ-QUIÑONES, “THE BALLAD OF BILLY RIVERA” |
|
Notes |
| REFERENCES |
|
INDEX |
Discover more from Xican@ Poetry Daily
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
No comments yet
Xican@ Poetry Daily 