'Without Being Walt Whitman': Vicente Huidobro, Whitman, and the Poetics of Sight.

The Chilean vanguardista poet Vicente Huidobro singlehandedly inaugurated the Spanish-language avant-gardes with his 1918 poem Ecuatorial [ Equatorial], and remained a dynamic and controversial global figure until his death in 1948. This essay demonstrates how Huidobro appropriated Walt Whitman's 'S...

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Published in:	Comparative American Studies Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 282 - 301
Main Author:	Franklin, Kelly Scott
Format:	Essay
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2014
Subjects:	Huidobro, Vicente, 1893-1948 Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 Chilean poetry Experimental literature Salut au Monde (Poem) Artistic influence Twentieth century
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