Politics and Public Space in Contemporary Argentine Poetry

The Lyric and the State
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-59673-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 279 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4753 g

Reihe: Literatures of the Americas

This book addresses the connection between political themes and literary form in the most recent Argentine poetry. Ben Bollig uses the concepts of “lyric” and “state” as twin coordinates for both an assessment of how Argentinian poets have conceived a political role for their work and how poems come to speak to us about politics. Drawing on concepts from contemporary literary theory, this striking study combines textual analysis with historical research to shed light on the ways in which new modes of circulation help to shape poetry today.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bollig, Ben

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Lateinamerikanische Literaturen, Spanische Literatur außerhalb Europas
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. The Lyric and the State.- Chapter 1. Spaces and Circuits of Contemporary Argentine Poetry.- Chapter 2. Martín Gambarotta. Narrative Verse and the Anti-Lyric.- Chapter 3. From Objectivism to a New Epic. The Poetry and Poetic Activism of Sergio Raimondi.- Chapter 4. “Vos y yo estamos acá.” Lyric/Non-Lyric and Public Space in the Poetry of Andi Nachon.- Chapter 5. Lyric Redivivus. Form and Politics in the Poetry of Ezequiel Zaidenwerg.- Chapter 6. A New Maternal Lyric. Marina Yuszczuk’s Madre soltera.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

Ben Bollig is Professor of Spanish-American Literature at Oxford University, UK and an editor of the Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies. His previous books include Néstor Perlongher and Modern Argentine Poetry: Displacement, Exile, Migration. He is the translator of Cristian Aliaga’s The Foreign Passion (Influx Press).