University Press Copublishing Division / Bucknell University Press
Pages: 226
Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-61148-016-0 • Hardback • April 2011 • $113.00 • (£87.00)
978-1-61148-017-7 • eBook • April 2011 • $107.00 • (£82.00)
Kay Pritchett is professor of Spanish at the University of Arkansas. She is the author of numerous books, including: Four Postmodern Poets of Spain: A Critical Study with Translations of the Poems (1991) and Pureza Canelo's Celda verde / Green Cell: A Critical Study with Translations of the Poems (2000) and two Bolivian novels: Jonah and the Pink Whale (1991) and In the Land of Silence (1994). Her most recently published book is Nature's Colloquy with the Word: Pureza Canelo's Early Poetics (Bucknell, 2004).
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Chapter 1: Espacio de emoción: Revision Purifies Vision
Chapter 3 Chapter 2: Espacio de emoción and Tiempo y espacio de emoción: Creation Comes to Life
Chapter 4 Chapter 3: Vega de la paloma: The Muse Clips the Thread, Leaving the Poet Stranded
Chapter 5 Chapter 4: Tendido verso (Segunda Poética), "Verano 1983": Life Redresses the Poem
Chapter 6 Chapter 5: Tendido verso (Segunda Poética), "Verano 1984": The Poem Casts a Shadow
Chapter 7 Chapter 6: Pasión inédita: A Hieros Gamos Comes to Pass
Chapter 8 Chapter 7: No escribir: Brevity Is the Key
Chapter 9 Conclusion
In the final paragraph of her Nature's Colloquy with the Word: Pureza Canelo's First Poetics (CH, Apr'04, 41-4522), Pritchett (Univ. of Arkansas) states that with the publication of Habitable (1979), the poet had concluded "the first phase of [her] identity search." She added that with the appearance of Tendido verso: segunda poética (1986), one of three subsequent volumes, she anticipated a future study of the lauded Spanish poet, superbly realized here. Pritchett cites Lacan, Heidegger, and Zizek frequently. She does not view Canelo's work within a uniquely Spanish context but rather as part of more extensive international, aesthetic, and philosophical concerns. In the interim between the two volumes, much that affects Canelo's verse has occurred in her life and literary maturation. Pritchett ascribes two traits to this book: "its return to ... and reexamination of all of the volumes that precede it; and ... the primarily celebratory [tone]." Like its predecessor, this thoughtfully conceived, densely written volume is enriched by copious notes, meticulous attention to detail, and an excellent bibliography.
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• Winner, South Central Modern Language Association Prize (2012)