Decolonial Topophilia: Nature, Place, and History in Puerto Rican Poetry

Authors

• Víctor Figueroa

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Publication Date

9-8-2026

Description

Decolonial Topophilia: Nature, Place, and History in Puerto Rican Poetry examines how four major poets—Luis Lloréns Torres, Luis Palés Matos, Juan Antonio Corretjer, and Julia de Burgos—address the ecological and human consequences of colonial domination in early twentieth-century Puerto Rico. Their poetry raises questions about the capitalist transformation of land through monocultures like sugarcane, the reduction of nature to exploitable resources, and the ties between attachment to place and nationalism. In tracing these connections, this pathbreaking book reveals how poetic visions of place can challenge colonial histories and imagine more reciprocal ways of inhabiting the world.

Keywords

poetry, literary criticism, Puerto Rican authors, Puerto Rican poetry, Luis Lloréns Torres, Luis Palés Matos, Juan Antonio Corretjer, Julia de Burgos, Caribbean studies

Rights

Copyright © 2026 by Víctor Figueroa

Language

eng

ISBN

9781684486090