The Life and Poems of a Cuban Slave

This is a revised second edition of Edward Mullen's landmark scholarly presentation of Juan Francisco Manazo's autobiography and poetry. Taking into account the extensive scholarship that has accrued in the intervening decades, this is an accessible, essential resource for scholars and students of Caribbean literatures.

Auteur

Edward J. Mullen is Professor Emeritus of Spanish at the University of Missouri, USA.

Résumé
This is a revised second edition of Edward Mullen's landmark scholarly presentation of Juan Francisco Manazo's autobiography and poetry. Taking into account the extensive scholarship that has accrued in the intervening decades, this is an accessible, essential resource for scholars and students of Caribbean literatures.

Contenu
Preface to the Second Edition Introduction 1. Poems by a Slave in the Island of Cuba 2. The Slave-Trade Merchant 3. The Sugar Estate 4. Life of the Negro Poet 5. Poems, Written in Slavery 6. A Specimen of Inedited Cuban Poems Appendices Manzano's Poems in the Original Spanish