John Beverley is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Marc Zimmerman is Professor of World Cultures and Literatures at the University of Houston.

This is a stimulating and important book on a subject that has been widely discussed in recent years, but rarely with the theoretical precision and wealth of detail displayed here. . . . A fine contribution to a fascinating area of literary and political practice. (Bulletin of Latin American Research)

• ContentsPreface1. Literature, Ideology, and Hegemony2. Culture, Intellectuals, and Politics in Central America3. Nicaraguan Poetry from DarÍo to Cardenal4. Nicaraguan Poetry of the Insurrection and Reconstruction5. Salvadoran Revolutionary Poetry6. Guatemalan Revolutionary Poetry7. Testimonial NarrativeBibliographyIndex

John Beverley is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Marc Zimmerman is Professor of World Cultures and Literatures at the University of Houston.

This is a stimulating and important book on a subject that has been widely discussed in recent years, but rarely with the theoretical precision and wealth of detail displayed here. . . . A fine contribution to a fascinating area of literary and political practice. (Bulletin of Latin American Research)

• ContentsPreface1. Literature, Ideology, and Hegemony2. Culture, Intellectuals, and Politics in Central America3. Nicaraguan Poetry from DarÍo to Cardenal4. Nicaraguan Poetry of the Insurrection and Reconstruction5. Salvadoran Revolutionary Poetry6. Guatemalan Revolutionary Poetry7. Testimonial NarrativeBibliographyIndex

John Beverley is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Marc Zimmerman is Professor of World Cultures and Literatures at the University of Houston.

This is a stimulating and important book on a subject that has been widely discussed in recent years, but rarely with the theoretical precision and wealth of detail displayed here. . . . A fine contribution to a fascinating area of literary and political practice. (Bulletin of Latin American Research)

• ContentsPreface1. Literature, Ideology, and Hegemony2. Culture, Intellectuals, and Politics in Central America3. Nicaraguan Poetry from DarÍo to Cardenal4. Nicaraguan Poetry of the Insurrection and Reconstruction5. Salvadoran Revolutionary Poetry6. Guatemalan Revolutionary Poetry7. Testimonial NarrativeBibliographyIndex