Oliverio Girondo is a leading figure of the Spanish American avant-garde. Parody, the Avant-Garde, and the Poetics of Subversion in Oliverio Girondo examines the presence and function of parody in Girondo's early poetry and drawings. It illustrates how, through the subversion of both conventional and vanguard poetics, these texts discredit the values imposed upon artistic production by institutionalized models and social codes. This book assesses the extent to which Girondo followed the theories outlined in his critical writings and considers how his works fit into the general trajectory of the historical avant-garde and contemporary Spanish American literature.

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The Author: Patricia M. Montilla received her Ph.D. in Romance languages and literatures from the University of Chicago. She is Assistant Professor of Spanish at Western Michigan University. She is the author of several articles and book reviews on contemporary Spanish American poetry and U.S. Latino literature.