Selected Writings

by Rubén Darío

Book Overview

Born in Nicaragua, Ruben Dario is known as the consummate leader of the Modernista movement, an esthetic trend that swept the Americas from Mexico to Argentina at the end of the nineteenth century. Seeking a language and a style that would distinguish the newly emergent nations from the old imperial power of Spain, Dario's writing offered a refreshingly new vision of the world-an artistic sensibility at once cosmopolitan and connected to the rhythms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143039369
• ISBN13: 9780143039365
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.2" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher