The docile Puerto Rican

Author(s)

• Marqués, René
• Aponte, Barbara Bockus

Bibliographic Information

The docile Puerto Rican

René Marqués ; essays translated with an introduction by Barbara Bockus Aponte

Temple University Press, 1976

Other Title

The docile Puerto Rican : essays

Ensayos : 1953-1971

Note

Translation from Spanish

Translation of "Ensayos (1953-1971)"

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Literary pessimism and political optimism : their coexistence in contemporary Puerto Rico
• The sound and the fury of Mr. Kazin's critics
• The docile Puerto Rican : literature and psychological reality
• The Puerto Rican short story of the forties generation
• The problem of language in Puerto Rico
• A character in folklore and a theme of farce in Puerto Rico
• Message of a Puerto Rican to the writers and artists of Peru
• The function of the Puerto Rican writer today

Details

• NCID: BB19440269
• ISBN:
  • 0877220484
• LCCN: 75014688
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: spa
• Place of Publication: Philadelphia
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 137 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PQ7428
  • DC : 860
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Puerto Rican literature -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : National characteristics, Puerto Rican