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The Poet of Electroshocks: On the Radioactive Mystics of Francisco Matos Paoli.

Francisco Matos Paoli (1915-2000) is probably Puerto Rico's most famous Nationalist poet. His Canto de la locura (1962) is probably his most important work. It was the last in a cycle of prison poems, written after the Puerto Rican Nationalist Insurrection in 1950. Like much of his work, Canto is a...

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Published in:Revista Hispánica Moderna (0034-9593) Vol. 78; no. 2; pp. 206 - 223
Main Author: Trigo, Benigno
Format: Article
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press Dec2025
Subjects:
Nationalism
Poetry (Literary form)
Critics
Subjectivity
Religion & state
Captivity
Literary criticism
Commonwealth (Organization)
Puerto Rico
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