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White Light: The Poetry of Alberto Blanco explores the interplay of complementary images and concepts in A la luz de siempre, the Mexican writer and visual artist's vast trilogy of poems from 1979-2018. By focusing on listening and seeing, Blanco's highly interdisciplinary poetry transforms his inspirations into the inspiration of his readers.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Introduction: Light Is Both Wave and Particle
Alberto Blanco
The Poems
Cycles
Polarities
White Light
1 Image
Collage
Absence and Negation
Poesía visual
"Donner à voir"
Ekphrasis
The Constellation of the Rose
2 Space
The Exergue Effect
Time and Place Stamps
Travel
"Mapas"
Montage and Movie Stars
Three Spatial Strategies for Cuenta de los guías
3 Sound
Sister Arts and Synesthesia
Tempo, Rhythm, and Rhyme
Musical Paratexts
Silence
4 Texture
Reading and Writing Writers
Writing Readers
Writing Writing
Hemispheres
Taijitu
The Third Half
5 Metaphysics
Scientific Methods
Observer Effects
Crisis
Lessons in Geometry
Aura
Genesis
Faith
Coda: Flight
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
RONALD J. FRIIS is a professor of Spanish at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. His publications include José Emilio Pacheco and the Poets of the Shadows (Bucknell University Press) and Doble vía: Comunicación en español (with Tatiana Séeligman).
