Mystical Symbolism and the Posthuman in the 20th and 21st Century Poetic Voice of Ana Rossetti

The Purple Gladiolus and the Mystic's Map

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

This study, spanning c. 1980 to 2016, offers an alternative critical perspective of the poetic works of the acclaimed Spanish poet Ana Rossetti. At its core, it explores the presence of Posthumanism and the mystical in late 20th and early 21st Century Iberian poetics, and more specifically, how Rossetti's more recent poetry expresses the same tendency toward a transcultural and posthuman model that is simultaneously essentialist and deconstructive. The books examines modern Iberian mysticism as found in the works of such authors as Blanca Andreu, Clara Janés, and Joaquim Pessoa, Vergílio Alberto Vieira, among others. Such poetic works establish themselves within a unique framework of mystical illumination which itself incorporates elements of late postmodern deconstruction and, more recently, a criticism of the posthuman condition as analyzed in critical works on the subject.

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-05-16
Mått:158 x 239 x 17 mm
Vikt:381 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:132
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781666900101

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Robert Simon is professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Kennesaw State University.

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Robert Simon’s cogent analysis shows how Anna Rossetti’s poetry has evolved in recent decades to elucidate the intersection of posthuman and transnational, within the context of mystical poetics, shaping the trajectory of Spain’s postmodern poetic landscape. The interwoven poetic interpretations of Rossetti and her contemporaries make this book essential reading for the understanding of this poetry—Rossetti’s in particular—as Simon’s analysis constructs and deconstructs notions of masculine hegemony, mystical symbolism, and agency.

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Summary of Literary Theory and the Poetry of 21st Century Spain, Context and ContentChapter I: Ana Rossetti and her Poetry from “la movida” to “la crisis” and beyond, 1975-1995Chapter II: Transition from the Transition: La ordenación: retrospectiva (1980-2004) (2004)Chapter III: Love Lost, Light Gained: Llenar tu nombre (2008)Chapter IV: The Geography of the Binary Opposition: El mapa de la espera (2010)Chapter V: The Post-human, Mystical Voice in Deudas contraídas (2016)ConclusionBibliographyAbout the Author