Surrealism in Latin American Literature

Melanie Nicholson is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Bard College, USA.

PART I: CONTEXTS AND CONTOURS Surrealism is Dead: ¡Viva el surrealismo! The Latin American Connection PART II: THE EMERGENCE OF SURREALISM IN LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1928-1950 Initiations: Aldo Pellegrini and the First Surrealist Group in Argentina Neruda and Anti-Neruda, or the Case of Chile's Mandrágora Poets Peru: The Surrealist Space between Mariátegui and Vallejo The Two Faces of Early Surrealism in Mexico PART III: A SURREALISM OF ONE'S OWN, 1950-1980 The Argentine Surrealist Journals 'Another Ship Must Be Launched': Surrealism in Argentine Poetry, 1950-1970 Chile: The Avatars and the Antagonists of Mandrágora Octavio Paz, Surrealism's Favorite Son