Tropical Town and Other Poems (1918) by Salomón de la Selva: Pan American poems at the time of the Great War
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Tropical Town and Other Poems (1918) is the only collection of poems by Salomón de la Selva published in English, in the context of the Great War. It is considered a book that joins two cultures and two literary traditions. In this paper I underline the importance of studying De la Selva’s work inside of the Hispanic Literature because, among other reasons, it has an evident relationship with Hispanic American poetical tradition. Through the critical analysis of the poems, it is possible to perceive the expression of an ideological discourse based in the pan Americanism ideals—a doctrine that defined De la Selva’s work and life—. This paper studies such a discourse as one of the topics that structures and unites the author’s writing. At the same time, it analyses some of the poetical strategies, to show the aesthetic quality inherent to this collection of poems.
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