Modern Argentine poetry / Ben Bollig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bollig, Ben, author.

Series:

Iberian and Latin American studies.

Iberian and Latin American studies

Iberian and Latin American Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Argentine poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

Argentine poetry.

Exiles' writings--History and criticism.

Exiles' writings.

Emigration and immigration in literature--History and criticism.

Emigration and immigration in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cardiff, Wales : University of Wales Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the themes of displacement, exile and migration in the work of the most important Argentine poets since the 1950s. The book outlines the poetry of key authors in the second half of the twentieth century as well as writing by younger poets at the turn of the century. It includes generous selections of the original poems with new translations into English by the author.

Contents:

Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Exile and Argentine Poetry; On Exile and Not-Belonging in the Work of AlejandraPizarnik; Towards a Montonero Poetics? Or, The Melancholy Exileof Juan Gelman?; Exile and Cynicism in the Verse of Osvaldo Lamborghini; Néstor Perlongher: Sexual Exile, Migration andNomadism; Cristian Aliaga: Internal Exile and Cultural Activismin Contemporary Patagonia; Migration and Cultural Activism in the Poetry ofWashington Cucurto; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 14, 2015).

ISBN:

1-299-20097-4

0-7083-2356-1

OCLC:

768082862