The Limits of Analogy: José Martí and the Haymarket Martyrs

  • Christopher Conway University of Texas-Arlington
Keywords Haymarket, José Martí, Cuba, Latin American History
Keywords Haymarket, José Martí, Cuba, Latin American History

Abstract

The author explains how the Haymarket executions changed radically Jose Martí's perspective towards the US government and laid the foundations of his criticism to imperialism.  

Author Biography

Christopher Conway, University of Texas-Arlington
Christopher Conway is Associate Professor of Latin American literature at the University of Texas at Arlington, in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. He is the author of The Cult of Bolivar in Latin American Literature (University Press of Florida, 2003) and the editor of Ricardo Palma's Peruvian Traditions (Oxford University Press, 2004). He is presently exploring nineteenth century Mexican literature and culture, particularly journalism and U.S.-Mexican relations.
Cubierta Fall / Otono 2004
Issue
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2004): Fall 2004
Section
Articles / Artículos