Poetry of Discovery
The Spanish Generation of 1956-1971
University Press of Kentucky · Print & ebook · December 31, 1982
A leading critic of contemporary Spanish poetry examines here the work of ten important poets who came to maturity in the immediate post-Civil War period and whose major works appeared between 1956 and 1971: Francisco Brines; Eladio Cabañero; Angel Crespo; Gloria Fuertes; Jaime Gil de Biedma; Angel González; Manuel Mantero; Claudio Rodríguez; Carlos Sahagún; and José Angel Valente.
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- Who it’s for
- A stylistic reading of ten poets traces language, references, and metaphorical reversals.
- Genres
- Iberian Lit Crit, Poetry Criticism, 20th-Century Literary Criticism
- Published
- University Press of Kentucky, December 31, 1982
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A leading critic of contemporary Spanish poetry examines here the work of ten important poets who came to maturity in the immediate post-Civil War period and whose major works appeared between 1956 and 1971: Francisco Brines; Eladio Cabañero; Angel Crespo; Gloria Fuertes; Jaime Gil de Biedma; Angel González; Manuel Mantero; Claudio Rodríguez; Carlos Sahagún; and José Angel Valente.
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Although each of these poets has developed an individual style, their work has certain common characteristics: use of the everyday Language and images of contemporary Spain, development of Language codes and intertextual references, and, most strikingly, metaphoric transformations and surprising reversals of the reader's expectations. Through such means these poets clearly invite their readers to join them in journeys of poetic discovery. Andrew P. Debicki's is the first detailed stylistic analysis of this generation of poets, and the first to approach their work through the particularly appropriate methods developed in "reader-response" criticism.
Postwar Spanish Poets
A stylistic reading of ten poets traces language, references, and metaphorical reversals.
Come here for
- Everyday language and images of contemporary Spain
- Language codes and intertextual references
Expect
- Metaphoric transformations
- Surprising reversals of reader expectations
Where it sits
| Iberian Lit Crit | 47% |
|---|---|
| Poetry Criticism | 46% |
| 20th-Century Literary Criticism | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Iberian Lit Crit
- Poetry Criticism
- 20th-Century Literary Criticism
- Authors
- Andrew Debicki
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Published
- December 31, 1982
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Iberian Lit Crit