Edward J. Mullen

Poems by a Slave in the Island of Cuba

Source Description: (title page) Poems by a Slave in the Island of Cuba, Recently Liberated; Translated from the Spanish, by R. R. Madden, M.D. With the History of the Early Life of the Negro Poet, Written by Himself; to Which Are Prefixed Two Pieces Descriptive of Cuban Slavery and the Slave-Traffic, by R. R. M. (half-title page) Poems, Written in Slavery, &c. &c. &c. R. R. Madden, M.D. v, 7-188 p., ill. LONDON: THOMAS WARD AND CO., 27, PATERNOSTER ROW; AND MAY BE HAD AT THE OFFICE OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY, 27, NEW BROAD STREET. 1840

Afro-Cuban Literature. Critical Junctures

Acknowledgements Introduction The Critical Axis Peninsular Origins: Simon Aguados Entremes de los negros Juan Francisco Manzano: Building a Tradition The Black Witch Doctors Nicolas Guillens Son Motifs: Afro-Cubanism Comes of Age Shaping the Canon: The Flowering of Afro-Cubanism Appendix to the Introduction: Afro-Cuban Poetry by Jose Juan Arrom Appendix to Chapter 2: Black Interlude by Simon Aguado Appendix to Chapter 5: Son Motifs by Nicolas Guillen Selected Bibliography Index