The Lyrical World in the Nineteenth Century

doi:10.1017/CHO9781316050859.012

9 - The Lyrical World in the Nineteenth Century

from Part II - Women Writers in Creole Societies: Nation Building Projects

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2015

Gwen Kirkpatrick

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Ileana Rodríguez and

Mónica Szurmuk

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Ileana Rodríguez: Affiliation:
Ohio State University
Mónica Szurmuk: Affiliation:
Instituto de Literatura Hispanoamericana, Argentina

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Poetry was part of the common sound space, ranging from grand odes to heroes to popular songs about bandits or gauchos. The recitation of a poem, often composed solely for the occasion, accompanied most public events, and later in the century learning to recite poetry well was considered part of a good education. Poems from the ancient Spanish romancero were alive and well then in Spanish America, as Portuguese traditional poetry was in Brazil. Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda is the brightest star in the nineteenth century's female poetic firmament and, until the appearance of Ruben Dario in the 1880s, is perhaps only rivaled in the lyric by her earlier compatriot, Jose Maria de Heredia. With the expansion of public education, especially the normalista movement in Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and other countries, young people, both men and women, from modest beginnings entered the literary sphere.

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native Inca nobility Inca elite women visual narratives oral traditions

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Information: The Cambridge History of Latin American Women's Literature , pp. 149 - 163

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CHO9781316050859.012 [Opens in a new window]

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Print publication year: 2015

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