“Poeta petardo y crítico... con cataratas”: An Invective Against Ramón López Velarde in Veracruz Moderno (1909)

Abstract

On March 7, 1909, in Veracruz Moderno, La Opinión’s sunday supplement, was published a harsh critic against an unknown young poet: Ramón López Velarde. The critic tears apart the poem “Canonización”, afterwards included in La sangre devota, and a review on Juan B. Delgado, both published in the magazine Nosotros. This article examines this unknown or forgotten criticism, the first made against who would become one of the majors poets of Mexico in the 20th century.