THE WORLD OF EARLY CHICANO POETRY, 1846-1910

Compiled, edited and translated into English by Luis Torres. 1992 600+ pgs (pbk) Spanish and English parallel text ISBN: 0915745135 2vols. $49.95. Price for class use $25.00

Luis Torres single-handedly in a laborious efforts for the past fifteen years has compiled a body of poetic work by Chicanos: romantic, patriotic, satirical, philosophical, and religious poetry among others. This books presents a wide sample, but a sample only, of the poetry written by Chicanos in the 1800s. Since the poetry is written entirely in Spanish, Luis Torres has provided English translation of each poem and presented it in parallel text. This is the most outstanding anthology of Early Chicano literature ever published.