Robert Duncan on Charles Baudelaire: towards a poetics of infection
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10835/1128
ISSN: 1578-3820
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25115/odisea.v0i11.322
ISSN: 1578-3820
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25115/odisea.v0i11.322
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Pérez Alonso, LeticiaDate
2010Abstract
This paper argues for a poetics of infection in Groundwork: In the Dark, where Robert Duncan seems to be contaminated by the language, titles, quotations and tone of malaise of Charles Baudelaire’s Flowers of Evil. Of especial importance is the function of intertextuality in Duncan’s “To Master Baudelaire” and “In Blood’s Domaine,” given that it acts as a metaphor for the organism’s exposure to contagion. Thus, this poetry of infection can help reflect on the possibility of a polysemous discourse between these authors that assimilates the turmoil of the body on the level of the text. Este ensayo aboga por una poética de la infección en Groundwork: In the Dark, donde Robert Duncan parece contaminarse de la lengua, los títulos, las citas y el tono de malestar de las Flores del mal, de Charles Baudelaire. Especialmente importante es la función de la intertextualidad en “To Master Baudelaire” y “In Blood’s Domaine” de Duncan, puesto que actúa como metáfora de la exposición del organismo al...
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Baudelaire
Body
Contagion
Duncan
Ennui
Infection
Intertextuality
Malaise
Poetry
Cuerpo
Contagio
Infección
Intertextualidad
Malestar
Poesía