Article Open Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2022.06.002
Cuba and Canada: Chosen Places in John B. Lee’s Work
Alison González Cuba1,*, Manuel de Jesús Velázquez León2, Adonay Bárbara Pérez Luengo3
1Department of Foreign Language Teaching, Faculty of Communication and Letters, University of Holguin, Holguin, Holguin Province, Cuba.
2English Language Center, University of Shantou, Shantou, Guandong Province, China.
3Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Holguin, Holguin, Holguin Province, Cuba.
*Corresponding author: Alison González Cuba
Published: May 23,2022
Abstract
Cuba is respected and loved by foreigners, one of them is John B. Lee, a cultivated Canadian poet of a big heart and a violet soul. Poet Laureate of Brantford, Member of the Canada Cuba Literary Alliance and holder of many significant awards, he is one of the most relevant Canadian poets of our time. Since John arrived in Cuba, he was fascinated by our country and also with José Martí, the greatest of all Cubans. John’s texts tell us of woods, rivers, love, the sea, the night, solitude, family, friends and places. Cuba has been one of John’s recurrent spaces in his prose and poetry. It is of great interest to explore moments of this poet’s work in which physical Cuba and its soul are reflected. Texts related with his personal experiences may be useful in the discipline History of the English-Speaking Cultures, taught in the Cuban universities.
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How to cite this paper
Cuba and Canada: Chosen Places in John B. Lee's Work
How to cite this paper: Alison González Cuba, Manuel de Jesús Velázquez León, Adonay Bárbara Pérez Luengo. (2022) Cuba and Canada: Chosen Places in John B. Lee's Work. Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science, 6(2), 178-183.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2022.06.002