Maneuvering Time and Place

""Estridentismo", the Manuel Maples Arce avant-garde movement in Mexico, was an energetic disruption which brought the Mexican Revolution to the arts, and brought the Mexican literary community into the XX century. Manuel Maples Arce was a driving force in the modernization of Mexican poetry in the 1920s, and his complete work, spanning more than six decades, is of a value that should create for him a respected place among the most prominent Latin American poets of the twentieth century. In this study, historical literary references and connections are made to aid the reader in placing the Maples Arce work in relevant context to gauge his merit and to justify his place in Hispanic letters. An introduction to the historical avant- garde is given to provide the necessary background and context, especially for the English-language readership, and an overview of "Estridentismo" is included both for the sake of information and to rectify err