Garden of Silica

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Garden of Silica is the first poetry anthology of the Uruguayan Ida Vitale to appear in English, spanning eight books published from 1960 to the present. Vitale is one of the fundamental voices of Latin American literature, and her work also encompasses essays, short stories, journalism, and translation. She belongs to Uruguay's Critical Generation of the 1940s, whose mission was the construction of a participative intellectual subject. Vitale's poetry illustrates the incompatibility of the construction of that intellectual subject and realism. It is not the case of an idealist aesthetic that denies the existence of objective reality or offers only a testimony of individuality. Rather, these texts seek a balance between subjectivity and objectivity, and accordingly the private and the public. In addition, with a revealing gesture of feminist undertones, intellectual capacity is privileged above that of sentimentality. As a result, Vitale's message is implicit, requiring an active reader, one involved in the very process of creation. Placing the intellectual subject at the forefront, and thus relegating the national and the feminine to a second plane, Ida Vitale's poetry offers one of the most profound and provocative representations of women's subjectivity in the Spanish language.

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Utgivningsdatum2010-01-06
Mått140 x 216 x 6 mm
Vikt200 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieEarthworks
Antal sidor140
FörlagSalt Publishing
ISBN9781844714650
ÖversättareKatherine M. Hedeen, Víctor Rodríguez-Núñez, Victor Rodriguez-Nunez

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Ida Vitale (Montevideo, Uruguay, 1923) is one of the fundamental voices of Latin American literature. Vitale has authored some thirty books, among which poetry prevails. From her ﬁrst collection The Light of this Memory (1949) to her most recent Trema (2005), her poetry constructs an intellectual, participative subject that relegates the national and the feminine to a second plane. Thus, Vitale offers one of the most profound and provocative representations of women's subjectivity in the Spanish language.

AcknowledgementsIda Vitale or the Brilliances of the Intellectual SubjectFROM EACH IN HIS NIGHTThis WorldDaily ObligationsFROM LISTENER ERRANTQueen SphinxPallid SignsOne ChoosesRecreationalBackroomFROM GARDEN OF SILICATracing through TransparencyNatural FortunesDistance’s SquareSummerAgainst TimePast’s LiquidThe Dervish’s AnswerPerspectiveHomage to MagritteNocturnal WheelThe Hunt, Infinite?PsalmStar’s PassageConfirmation of ShadowAt the Speed of FearThe Blind MachineAlamedaGarden of SilicaZoon PolitikonFROM DREAMS OF CONSTANCYStyleJusticeComposition with SymbolsResidueChaosEfrain’s BurialDestinyRestStoryFROM SEARCH FOR THE IMPOSSIBLEMoth, PoemHummingbirdRiversHousesThe Day, A LabyrinthDestiniesMidday DemonEquationScarcely ConcertSmall KingdomThe Dark TableIIIIIIExilesStill CantoCocoonTo Burn, To QuietThe LieThe Injured Man’s GreetingBotanicaLaurelsSan MiniatoFROM REDUCTION OF THE INfiNITE Parenthesis, Fragile HomeCulture of PalimpsestSumsSlow ObstaclesSalamanders’ MailAnnunciationThe Glory of PhilitisTo ArmsOrder of AngelsLunatic Solo, Legitimate Isolation34FROM BYOBU’S ABCSA StoryVery Platonic LoveKnotsAnguishFROM TREMATaskCalculated ErrorArrowsLast Night of Some YearOn the Back of the SkyThe Visible GodIf BlindNo SagaFortuneThe StreetBogota, 2001New CertaintiesMerry-Go-RoundCourtesiesRichesOn the Dark PorchReturn TripPerhaps an ExplanationMilan CafeClosingMining the WallGratitude