José Martí (1853-1895) is the most renowned political and literary figure in the history of Cuba. A poet, essayist, orator, statesman, abolitionist, and the martyred revolutionary leader of Cuba's fight for independence from Spain, Martí lived in exile in New York for most of his adult life, earning his living as a foreign correspondent. Throughout the 1880s and early 1890s, Martí's were the eyes through which much of Latin America saw the United States. His impassioned, kaleidoscopic evocations of that period in U.S. history, the assassination of James Garfield, the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, the execution of the Chicago anarchists, the lynching of the Italians in New Orleans, and much more, bring it rushing back to life. Organized chronologically, this collection begins with his early writings, including a thundering account of his political imprisonment in Cuba at age sixteen. The middle section focuses on his journalism, which offers an image of the United States in the nineteenth century, its way of life and system of government, that rivals anything written by de Tocqueville, Dickens, Trollope, or any other European commentator. Including generous selections of his poetry and private notebooks, the book concludes with his astonishing, hallucinatory final masterpiece, "War Diaries", never before translated into English. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Selected Writings (Penguin Classics)

Biographies & Memoirs

Martí, José

Leaders & Notable People

Penguin Classics

Martí: La Edad De Oro. 1905 (Spanish Edition)

De Quesada, Gonzalo

History

Wentworth Press

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"Para Martí empezó a estar clara la novedosa propuesta: el artículo de prensa debía asumir la función pública de lo literario. Así, sus crónicas no fueron mero ejercicio estético o vínculo informativo: fueron, definitivamente, y sin por ello excluir sus o ensayos, su obra literaria" -- Susana Rotker

Cronicas (Spanish Edition)

Debate

Memorias del general José Antonio Páez: Autobiografía (Spanish Edition)

Páez, José Antonio

"Esa de racista está siendo una palabra confusa y hay que ponerla en claro. El hombre no tiene ningún derecho especial porque pertenezca a una raza o a otra: dígase hombre, y ya se dicen todos los derechos". De "Mi raza". "Sin alarde, y como quien satisface una funcio&#769;n natural, depone este pueblo a los ambiciosos, impone a los honrados, expresa su voluntad, resuelve en justicia, sale, sin miedo a la lluvia, a ver en los boletines de los perio&#769;dicos su decisio&#769;n obedecida". De "Día de elecciones". Los quince años de destierro que José Martí pasó en Estados Unidos le proporcionaron una perspectiva que abarca tanto el norte como el sur del hemisferio, una visión reflejada en su ensayo "Nuestra América". La selección de textos de este volumen imprime a "lo nuestro" martiano, un giro contemporáneo que incluye a la comunidad hispanoamericana en los Estados Unidos, personificada en Martí durante un período migratorio --la segunda mitad del siglo XIX-- frecuentemente ignorado. José Martí: Estados Unidos en la prosa de un inmigrante recoge textos de las "Escenas Norteamericanas", despachos escritos por Jose&#769; Marti&#769; para los diarios La Opinio&#769;n Nacional, de Caracas, La Nacio&#769;n, de Buenos Aires y La Pluma, de Bogota&#769;, entre 1881 y 1886. Incluye también sesenta y cinco fragmentos de La Seccio&#769;n Constante, su columna diaria de variedades para La Opinio&#769;n Nacional, entre 1881 y 1882. "Tanto en las piezas mayores como en las mínimas, vemos a un Martí que aprende al mismo tiempo que instruye, que no solo enseña a pensar bien, sino a vivir una vida de autorrealización. Ese doble propósito, expresado en una de sus frases más célebres, sirve de estímulo a la lectura de Martí en nuestro siglo: "Ser culto es el único modo de ser libre". Del prólogo de Néstor Díaz de Villegas. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION An exclusive collection of Jose Marti's writings curated by Cuban author, Nestor Diaz de Villegas, including Marti's thundering accounts of political imprisonment during his teens.&nbsp;&nbsp; José Martí: Estados Unidos en la Prosa de un Inmigrante is a compilation of fragments from "Scenes of North America," as well as writings by José Martí for La Opinión Nacional, a newspaper in Caracas, Venezuela, submitted between 1881 and 1886. All of these fragments are set within the historical and social context,to which they belong, and analyzed as literary texts written in Spanish while Marti was living in the United States. &nbsp; Marti chronicled sociopolitical events taking place in the United States at the turn of the 19th century. His writings thus offer detailed analysis of the scientific and technical discoveries taking place at the time, as well as his insights on cultural trends such as fashion, art, and social customs of the time. The historical events described by Marti find striking resonance in issues of the present day. He delves into issues of race, immigration, patriotism, identity, slavery, police and democracy, and even queer aestheticism, as well as providing unfliching observations regarding the figure and performance of the President of the United States and the democratic institutions of his time.

Estados Unidos en la prosa de un inmigrante / The United States in the Prose of an Immigrant: Selección y prólogo de Néstor Díaz de Villegas / ... by Nésto r Díaz de Villegas (Spanish Edition)

Americas

Vintage Espanol

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A collection of bilingual poems that constitutes a spiritual autobiography of Jose Marti, the renowned Cuban poet, philosopher, and patriot.

Simple Verses/Versos Sencillos (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Turtleback

In 1890, the great Cuban revolutionary leader Jose Marti wrote his most famous poetry, Versos Sencillos, in a small town called Haines Falls in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Sincere and intensely personal in tone, these verses form a unique autobiographical expression yet have world-wide appeal. This dual-language edition of Versos Sencillos offers both the Spanish-language original and a graceful English translation of each poem in the collection. The translation follows the original rhyme scheme where feasible but deliberately chooses meaning over form, staying true to mood and method. In addition to notes on the poems, this edition also includes the particulars of translation and provides a background for the composition of the verses, features lacking in earlier translations. An index of first lines, both English and Spanish, is included.

Versos Sencillos: A Dual-Language Edition

Seeger, Pete

Fountain, Anne

History & Criticism

McFarland Company

Versos Sencillos (English, English, Multilingual, Spanish and Spanish Edition)

Jose Marti: Major Poems (English and Spanish Edition)

Holmes & Meier Pub

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