ANTOLOGIA DE LA POESIA MEXICANA MODERNA

México: Contemporáneos, 1928. ind., pict. wrps. Classic contemporary compilation of modern Mexican poetry (the "new" generation of the period) with biographical essays on each poet. Includes: Manuel Maples Arce, Salvador Novo, Carlos Pellicer, Xavier Villarutia, Jaime Torres Bodet, Alfonso Reyes, Juan Tablada, Armando Nervo, Ramon Lopez Velarde. The reaction to the negative commentary on Maples Arce in this work led to the Estridentist movement and the eventual compilation by Maples Arce in the 1940s of his own anthology on the subject. A CORNERSTONE WORK IN 20TH CENTURY MEXICAN POETRY.