Inside the Monster: Writings on the United States and American Imperialism

José Martí

Monthly Review Press, 1977 - History - 448 pages

Explores the emergent threat of U.S. imperialism (1881 to 1895).

Contents

• Contents: 9
• I: 16
• Latin America: 24

About the author

Marti is a symbol of Cuban independence, for he campaigned throughout his life for its liberation and finally died in the war against Spain. He was also an important literary figure and one of the founders of modernism. Rejecting the elaborate aestheticism of many modernists, he wrote in a simpler style based largely on folk poetry, as in "Ismaelillo" and "Versos Sencillos." Much of his poetry deals with the struggle for freedom and his political and emotional exile from his homeland. He was also an accomplished prose stylist in a much more intricate fashion and influenced the later development of the short story and essay. His writings, now collected, many of which were originally published in newspapers, are essential for an understanding of the Spanish American independence process.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Inside the Monster: Writings on the United States and American Imperialism; Volume 27 of Monthly Review Press Classic Titles
• Author: José Martí
• Editor: Philip Sheldon Foner
• Translated by: Philip Sheldon Foner
• Contributor: Philip Sheldon Foner
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press, 1977
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Sep 30, 2008
• ISBN: 0853454035, 9780853454038
• Length: 448 pages
• Subjects: History / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba; History / General; History / United States / 19th Century; Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism; Political Science / International Relations / General; Social Science / Sociology / General