Cities in Ruins - The Politics of Modern Poetics (Paperback)

The attacks in New York on September 11, 2001, and in Madrid on March 11, 2004, provoked diverse political reactions, but the imminence of the ruins triggered a collective historical awakening. In Cities in Ruins, Cecilia Enjuto Rangel argues that the portrayal in poetry of the modern city as a disintegrated, ruined space is part of a critique of the visions of progress and the historical process of modernization that developed during the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. Enjuto Rangel's study investigates the virtually unexplored map of modern ruins in modern poetry. She interprets modern poetry on ruins as a critique of both capitalist definitions of progress and the devastating effects of modern warfare. Furthermore, she argues that the representation of ruins provokes a "historical awakening" that empowers the text, and the reader, with political and historical agency.

General

Imprint:	Purdue University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	November 2010
Authors:	Cecilia Enjuto Rangel
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	376
ISBN-13:	978-1-55753-571-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
LSN:	1-55753-571-X
Barcode:	9781557535719

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