Madwomen: The Locas Mujeres Poems of Gabriela Mistral, a Bilingual Edition

A schoolteacher whose poetry catapulted her to early fame in her native Chile and an international diplomat...
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Author: Gabriela Mistral
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Madwomen: The Locas Mujeres Poems of Gabriela Mistral, a Bilingual Edition by Mistral, Gabriela

Madwomen: The Locas Mujeres Poems of Gabriela Mistral, a Bilingual Edition

$113.25

Madwomen: The Locas Mujeres Poems of Gabriela Mistral, a Bilingual Edition

$113.25
Author: Gabriela Mistral
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A schoolteacher whose poetry catapulted her to early fame in her native Chile and an international diplomat whose boundary-defying sexuality still challenges scholars, Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957) is one of the most important and enigmatic figures in Latin American literature of the last century. The Locas mujeres poems collected here are among Mistral's most complex and compelling, exploring facets of the self in extremis--poems marked by the wound of blazing catastrophe and its aftermath of mourning.
From disquieting humor to balladlike lyricism to folkloric wisdom, these pieces enact a tragic sense of life, depicting "madwomen" who are anything but mad. Strong and intensely human, Mistral's poetic women confront impossible situations to which no sane response exists. This groundbreaking collection presents poems from Mistral's final published volume as well as new editions of posthumous work, featuring the first English-language appearance of many essential poems. Madwomen promises to reveal a profound poet to a new generation of Anglophone readers while reacquainting Spanish readers with a stranger, more complicated "madwoman" than most have ever known.

Author: Gabriela Mistral
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 10/01/2009
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780226531915

About the Author

Randall Couch is adjunct professor of English at Arcadia University and an administrator at the University of Pennsylvania. He received Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellowships in poetry in 2000 and 2008.

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