JOSÉ MARTÍ
“Not only was Martí one of the most brilliant literary figures in the history of Latin American letters, but also — as the relevance of his observations more than a century later shows — he was one of the most underrated political thinkers of modern times.”
—John Kirk, José Martí: Mentor of the Cuban Nation
“[Martí] added a social agenda to the historic program of national liberation and instantly converted a movement devoted to the establishment of a new nation into a force dedicated to shaping a new society. Martí transformed rebellion into revolution… Like a master weaver, Martí pulled together all the separate threads of Cuban discontent — social, economic, political, racial, historical — and wove them into a radical movement of enormous force.”
—Louis A. Pérez, Jr.,
José Martí in the United States: The Florida Experience
“Oh Cuba! …The blood of Martí was not yours alone; it belonged to an entire race, to an entire continent; it belonged to the powerful youth who have lost probably the best of teachers; he belonged to the future!”
—Rubén Darío
“From 1898 to the present day the validity of the admonitory words of Martí has retained its force. The main problems confronting Nuestra América since the 1880s… are those foreseen by Martí.”
—Roberto Fernández Retamar
Copyright © 2007 Editorial José Martí and Centro de Estudios Martianos
Copyright © 2007 Ocean Press
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHRONOLOGY
INTRODUCTION by Ivan A. Schulman
PART 1: WRITINGS ON THE AMERICAS
Political Prison in Cuba (1871)
The Spanish Republic and the Cuban Revolution (February 15, 1873)
The Memorial Meeting in Honor of Karl Marx (March 29, 1883)
Wandering Teachers (May 1884)
Indians in the United States (October 25, 1885)
Dedication of the Statue of Liberty (October 29, 1886)
The Munkácsy Christ (December 2, 1886)
The Funeral of the Haymarket Martyrs (November 13, 1887)
Three Heroes (from The Golden Age, July–October 1889)
Mother America (December 19, 1889)
Our America (January 1, 1891)
San Martín (1891)
With All, For the Good of All (November 26, 1891)
Our Ideas (March 14, 1892)
The Cuban Revolutionary Party (April 3, 1892)
My Race (April 16, 1893)
Simón Bolívar (October 28, 1893)
The Truth About the United States (March 23, 1894)
Manifesto of Montecristi (March 25, 1895)
Campaign Diary (April–May 1895)
PART 2: LETTERS
Letter to mother (October 23, 1862)
Letter to mother (November 10, 1869)
Letter to sister Amelia (January 1882)
Letter to General Máximo Gómez (October 20, 1884)
Letter to Fermín Valdés Domínguez (February 28, 1887)
Letter to the Editor of the New York Evening Post (March 23, 1889)
Letter to mother (May 15, 1894)
Letter to Federico Henríquez y Carvajal (March 25, 1895)
Letter to mother (March 25, 1895)
Letter to son José (April 1, 1895)
Letter to Carmen Miyares de Mantilla and her children (April 16, 1895)
Letter to the New York Herald (May 2, 1895)
Letter to Manuel Mercado (May 18, 1895)
PART 3: VERSE
Ismaelillo
Dedication
Príncipe Enano
Little Prince
Tábanos Fieros
Fierce Horseflies
Free Verse
My Poetry
Hierro
Iron
Yugo y Estrella
Yoke and Star
Crin Hirsuta
Bristling Mane
Simple Verses