Autobiografia De Un Esclavo/ Autobiography Of A Slave( Series - Diferencias )

La 'Autobiografa de un esclavo' de Juan Francisco Manzano es un texto de referencia en la cultura y la poltica cubana del siglo XIX. Manzano tambin public poesa, an mientras segua siendo esclavo. En Matanzas circulaban de manera ms o menos annima sus dcimas. De l dijo el gran Jos Lezama Lima: Manzano es un sorprendente caso de intuicin para lo potico, con los escasos conocimientos que pudo obtener, nos ha dejado una pequea obra llena de musicalidad y de simpata potica. Su poesa es a la vez ubicada dentro del romanticismo aunque con un sabor criollo peculiar. 'Autobiography of a Slave' by Juan Francisco Manzano is a text of reference in 19th century Cuban culture and politics. Manzano also published poetry, even while remaining a slave. In Matanzas his works were circulated more or less anonymously. Of the author, the great Jos Lezama Lima said: "Manzano is a surprising case of poetic intuition; with the little knowledge he was able to obtain, he has left us a small work, filled with musicality and poetic resonance." His poetry is at once situated among the romantics, while offering a peculiar creole flavor.