Annotated bibliography of Salomon de la Selva's collected poems
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Major/Program
English
First Advisor's Name
Richard Schwartz
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Heather Andrade
Third Advisor's Name
Anna Luszczynska
Date of Defense
3-23-2009
Abstract
The purpose of my project is to provide a compilation of the work of Nicaraguan born poet, Salomon De la Selva, who incidentally was nominated for a Nobel Prize in 1919, and was the first Latin-American poet to publish extensively in English. In order to achieve this goal, my research methods included the substantial use of the Internet, as well as two investigative trips to Mexico and one to Nicaragua, which ultimately led me to uncover a total of 135 unaccounted English-language poems. In addition, De la Selva's uniqueness lies in the fact that he was a truly bilingual writer, who was equally able to create both in English and Spanish, simultaneously. Therefore, my project not only represents an act of reclamation, but the new material also provides new exciting possibilities for his work by facilitating an intertextual analysis of his poems, which will aid in understanding the complexities of bilingualism.
Identifier
FI14051183
Recommended Citation
Bolanos-Salvatierra, Luis M., "Annotated bibliography of Salomon de la Selva's collected poems" (2009). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1721.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1721
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