Cuban literature
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Cuban literature began to emerge in the late 18th century, with early 19th-century writers focusing on intellectualism and freedom. José Martí was a key figure in the Modernist movement, inspiring a generation of writers to seek independence from Spain. Post-revolution, writers like Reinaldo Arenas and Guillermo Cabrera Infante gained international recognition, though some faced government censorship. The short story became a prominent prose form, with notable novels by Alejo Carpentier and influential works by José Lezama Lima. Poets like Nicolás Guillén also played a significant role.123
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Latin American literatureRomanticism… were poets such as the Cuban José María de Heredia, who had begun by mastering Neoclassical poetic forms. Heredia still wrote odes in the Neoclassical manner, but the emotional charge of his poetry, the presentation of a self astonished by the beauty and power of nature, and his espousal of…
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