Casal and Maceo: Art, War and Race in Colonial Havana
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Description: An academic article uses the contrasts between white poet Julián del Casal and black general Antonio Maceo to consider the conflicts and compromises of Cuban independence.
Casal and Maceo: Art, War and Race in Colonial Havana Lehman College and The Graduate Center, CUNY In the history of Cuban culture in the nineteenth century, it would be difficult to conceive of two images as diametrically opposed as Julián del Casal and Antonio Maceo. A boxing ring configuration comes to mind, called out in the rough voice of a carnival barker. In this corner: sublime poet Julián del Casal (1863-1893), among the first Spanish American writers to translate European aestheticism into a native idiom. And in this corner, ladies and gentlemen: the great war hero Antonio Maceo (1845-1896), the most feared and most effective military leader in Cuba's long struggle for independence. The contrast I have just crudely sketched out is founded on the classic opposition between the sword and the pen. The contrast generates other opposites organized around these two iconic images of the poet and the warrior: virility vs. weakness, country vs. city, patriotism vs. decadence, body vs. writing.
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