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- catalog abstract "Twentieth-century poetry engages in a highly self-conscious meditation on the nature of poetic language. Spanish poetry, however, has sometimes been considered an exception to this tendency. This book, with its focus on linguistic self-reflexivity, refutes the notion that major Spanish poets such as Jorge Guillen and Vicente Aleixandre are theoretically naive creators. In a series of nuanced readings, Jonathan Mayhew demonstrates the extent to which modern Spanish poets are conscious of their linguistic medium. Previous books on Spanish poetry published in English have been more limited in scope, usually including poets of a single "generation." The Poetics of Self-Consciousness is the first to study well-known writers of the earlier part of the century along with more recent poets such as Jose Angel Valente, Jaime Gil de Biedma, Jose Maria Alvarez, and Juan Lamillar. Interpreting poetic texts written from the 1920s through the 1980s, Mayhew is able to trace the evolving function of literary self-consciousness in Spanish poetry while remaining attentive to the differences among writers of the same historical moment. The modernist poets of the earlier part of the century are preoccupied by the problem of literary mimesis: the representation of reality through language. In the postwar years, poets turned their attention to the social and ethical dimensions of poetic language. The postmodernists of more recent decades, finally, are increasingly concerned with their own belatedness with respect to cultural traditions of the past. Critics hailed Jonathan Mayhew's first book, Claudio Rodriguez and the Language of Poetic vision, as an "enlightening and timely book on perhaps Spain's greatest living poet," and "a signal first effort from a critic with high scholarly standards and a penetrating insight into contemporary poetry." With The Poetics of Self-Consciousness: Twentieth-Century Spanish Poetry, readers will discover another probing study of other modern and postmodern Spanish poets.".
- catalog contributor b4920068.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "Critics hailed Jonathan Mayhew's first book, Claudio Rodriguez and the Language of Poetic vision, as an "enlightening and timely book on perhaps Spain's greatest living poet," and "a signal first effort from a critic with high scholarly standards and a penetrating insight into contemporary poetry." With The Poetics of Self-Consciousness: Twentieth-Century Spanish Poetry, readers will discover another probing study of other modern and postmodern Spanish poets.".
- catalog description "In a series of nuanced readings, Jonathan Mayhew demonstrates the extent to which modern Spanish poets are conscious of their linguistic medium.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Interpreting poetic texts written from the 1920s through the 1980s, Mayhew is able to trace the evolving function of literary self-consciousness in Spanish poetry while remaining attentive to the differences among writers of the same historical moment. The modernist poets of the earlier part of the century are preoccupied by the problem of literary mimesis: the representation of reality through language. In the postwar years, poets turned their attention to the social and ethical dimensions of poetic language.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Self-Consciousness in Twentieth-Century Spanish Poetry -- 1. Jorge Guillen and the Insufficiency of Poetic Language -- 2. Pedro Salinas and the Semiotics of Poetry -- 3. Vicente Aleixandre: "Limites y espejo" -- 4. The Word Made Flesh: Logocentrism in the Later Work of Jose Angel Valente -- 5. Rhetoric and Truth in Antonio Gamoneda's Descripcion de la mentira -- 6. Jaime Gil de Biedma's Moralidades: Rationalism and Poetic Form -- 7. Postmodernism, Culturalism, Kitsch. I. The Novisimos: Culture and Counterculture. II. Guillermo Carnero: Ideas of Order. III. Jose Maria Alvarez: Postmodernism as Cultural Nostalgia. IV. The Twilight of the Avant-Garde: Spanish Poetry in the 1980s.".
- catalog description "Previous books on Spanish poetry published in English have been more limited in scope, usually including poets of a single "generation." The Poetics of Self-Consciousness is the first to study well-known writers of the earlier part of the century along with more recent poets such as Jose Angel Valente, Jaime Gil de Biedma, Jose Maria Alvarez, and Juan Lamillar.".
- catalog description "The postmodernists of more recent decades, finally, are increasingly concerned with their own belatedness with respect to cultural traditions of the past.".
- catalog description "Twentieth-century poetry engages in a highly self-conscious meditation on the nature of poetic language. Spanish poetry, however, has sometimes been considered an exception to this tendency. This book, with its focus on linguistic self-reflexivity, refutes the notion that major Spanish poets such as Jorge Guillen and Vicente Aleixandre are theoretically naive creators.".
- catalog extent "162 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Poetics of self-consciousness.".
- catalog identifier "083875256X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Poetics of self-consciousness.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses,".
- catalog relation "Poetics of self-consciousness.".
- catalog spatial "Spain.".
- catalog subject "861/.609 20".
- catalog subject "PQ6073.S45 M39 1994".
- catalog subject "Poetics History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Poetics.".
- catalog subject "Postmodernism (Literature) Spain.".
- catalog subject "Self-consciousness (Awareness) in literature.".
- catalog subject "Spanish poetry 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Self-Consciousness in Twentieth-Century Spanish Poetry -- 1. Jorge Guillen and the Insufficiency of Poetic Language -- 2. Pedro Salinas and the Semiotics of Poetry -- 3. Vicente Aleixandre: "Limites y espejo" -- 4. The Word Made Flesh: Logocentrism in the Later Work of Jose Angel Valente -- 5. Rhetoric and Truth in Antonio Gamoneda's Descripcion de la mentira -- 6. Jaime Gil de Biedma's Moralidades: Rationalism and Poetic Form -- 7. Postmodernism, Culturalism, Kitsch. I. The Novisimos: Culture and Counterculture. II. Guillermo Carnero: Ideas of Order. III. Jose Maria Alvarez: Postmodernism as Cultural Nostalgia. IV. The Twilight of the Avant-Garde: Spanish Poetry in the 1980s.".
- catalog title "The poetics of self-consciousness : twentieth-century Spanish poetry / Jonathan Mayhew.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".