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Peruvian Rebel:

The World of Magda Portal, with a Selection of Her Poems
  • ISBN-13: 9780271035505
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Kathleen Weaver
  • Price: AUD $67.99
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  • Local release date: 02/03/2010
  • Format: Paperback 328 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]
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Examines the life and poetry of Magda Portal, a major figure in Latin American revolutionary politics. Includes a selection of poems available for the first time in English translation.


Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Beginnings (1900–1919)

2. Entering the Vanguard (1920–1927)

3. First Exile (1927–1930)

4. In the APRA: The “Heroic Years” (1931–1944)

5. A Dream Disintegrates (1945–1957)

6. Later Years (1958–1989)

Selected Poems

Afterword

Notes

Selected References

Index


“General readers seeking acquaintance with Portal’s life and times will find Weaver’s book both useful and interesting.”

—Pamela S. Murray, Hispanic American Historical Review

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