Rubén Darío (1867-1916) was a Nicaraguan poet whose work is considered to have given the major impetus to the late-19th-century literary movement in Spanish America called modernism. Rubén Darío was born Félix...

In the context of Spanish and Spanish American Modernismo, the Nicaraguan Rubén Darío is an author of major importance and a writer who has received much critical attention. Nonetheless, further research is yet to be done to deal...

Jodell Mallory Collier, 88, a founding regent of the Montgomery County-based Bottony Cross chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, died of respiratory failure May 10 at Virginia Hospital Center-Arlington. She lived at the Jefferson retirement community in Arlington. Mrs. Collier, who...

A preeminent Mexican literary figure, Paz has earned international acclaim for works in which he seeks to reconcile divisive forces in human life. His works also reflect his knowledge of the history, myths, and landscape of Mexico as well as his interest in Surrealism, existentialism, Romanticism, Oriental thought—particularly Buddhism—and diverse political ideologies. In the following excerpt from an essay that was originally published in 1965, Paz discusses the Modernist context of Dar�...

In the following essay, Jrade identifies sociopolitical themes in Darío's poetry, focusing on the literary and political similarities between Spanish-American modernism and an emergent Spanish-American identity.

In the following essay, Jensen traces the influence of theosophic Pythagoreanism on Darío's poetry, noting his classical and Christian sources and the prevalent tensions in his works.