The Poet in Peru: Alienation and the Quest for a Super-Reality (Liverpool Monographs in Hispanic Studies Series)

James Higgins's readings of the work of six very diverse modern Peruvian poets - Eguren, Vallejo, Belli, Cisneros, Moro, Adán - reveal their common dilemma: how to reconcile the dichotomies of their society; and their common artistic stance: that of the outcast who perceives a higher reality in a visionary, surreal world.