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Memorials, Shrines And Umbrellas In The Rain: Poetry And 11-M, Jill Robbins Jun 2012

Memorials, Shrines And Umbrellas In The Rain: Poetry And 11-M, Jill Robbins

Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature

This project examines the representations in recent Spanish poetry of violence, solidarity, and memory, as these intersect with ethnic, linguistic and religious otherness, globalization, communication technology, and nationalisms. The lens through which the analysis is refracted is the poetic response to the Islamist terrorist bombings of working-class commuter trains in Madrid on March 11, 2004 (known in Spain as 11-M). This event, which occurred days before national elections, exposed the contradictory cultural forces that underlie notions of the national identity, economic transformation, the role of the media, and the social contract in Spain today. This became apparent in the massive …


Cernuda In Current Spanish Poetry, Salvador J. Fajardo Jun 2012

Cernuda In Current Spanish Poetry, Salvador J. Fajardo

Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature

The poet Luis Cernuda (Spain, 1902-Mexico, 1963) has left his mark on much of the poetry written in Spain since the sixties. First rediscovered in the Peninsula in the late fifties and early sixties by, among others, Francisco Brines, José Angel Valente, and Jaime Gil de Biedma, his influence became pervasive both through the work of these poets, and, through the reading of Cernuda’s poetry itself, available since 1975 in Harris and Maristany edition. Referring in particular to Biedma, whose impact on younger poets has been significant, this paper examines the presence of Cernuda in certain approaches to language and …


La Mirada Elíptica : El Trasfondo Barroco De La Poesía Española Contemporánea, Luis Martin-Estudillo Feb 2012

La Mirada Elíptica : El Trasfondo Barroco De La Poesía Española Contemporánea, Luis Martin-Estudillo

Luis Martín-Estudillo

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