Mystical Symbolism and the Posthuman in the 20th and 21st Century - The Purple Gladiolus and the Mystic''s Map

This study offers a novel perspective of the poetry of acclaimed Spanish poet Ana Rossetti. It examines Posthumanism and the mystical in late 20th and early 21st Century Iberian poetics, and explores how Rossetti's more recent poetry expresses a search for an essential meaning in a context criticized for its ontological emptiness.

List of contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Summary of Literary Theory and the Poetry of 21st Century Spain, Context and Content
Chapter I: Ana Rossetti and her Poetry from "la movida" to "la crisis" and beyond, 1975-1995
Chapter 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)
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Robert Simon lives with his daughter in North Georgia and is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Kennesaw State University. He has published numerous books, articles, and other relevant texts on mysticism and otherness in the poetries of Angola, Portugal, and Spain. His poetry expresses a wish to find a deeper, loving connection with the people around him through themes of love, loss, redemption, and the triumph of the sublime. Robert also studies oboe performance and moonlights as an oboist.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Simon, Simon Robert
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.05.2023
• EAN: 9781666900101
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-010-1
• No. of pages: 132
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Spanish, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: from c 2000