La Prose du Transsibérien et de la Petite Jehanne de France (The Prose of the Trans-Siberian and the Little Joan of France), published in Paris in September 1913, is in many respects a foundational text for modernism in literature and… Read More ›
avant-garde poetry
Analysis of Vicente Huidobro’s Altazor
Altazor, a coinage derived from “alto” (high) and “azor” (hawk), the work identified by its recent English translator as Huidobro’s masterpiece, interrogates both the nature of the modern poet and his lofty aspirations. Despite its importance, however, Altazor is also… Read More ›