Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Abbreviations and Bibliographical Note ix
5. Introduction: Locating Montejo 1
6. 1 Childhood, Cycles of Loss, and Poetic Responses 39
7. 2 Language, Memory, and Poetic Recuperation 81
8. 3 Alienation and Nature 121
9. 4 Venezuelan Alienation and the Poetic Construction of Home 160
10. Conclusion 208
11. Bibliography 215
12. Index 225