The first book-length study in English of the poetry of Salvador
Espriu [1913-85]. Two standpoints govern the approach taken to the
poetry of Salvador Espriu [1913-85] in this first extended study of
his work in English. First, the author explores the structural
implications of symmetry and numerology, in a chronological rather
than thematic survey of the poetry - a procedure that involves a
consideration of how each book [what could be termed in most cases
a macro-poem] attains its distinctive character while having common
preoccupations and stylistic traits. Secondly, he examines the
tension implicit in Espriu's poetry between involvement and
detachment or between the civic and the lyric. One issue addressed
is why Espriu is perceived both as the symbol of moral resistance
against Francoism and as a hermetic, 'difficult' poet. Central to
the study is an awareness of the precarious status of the Catalan
language in the period when Espriu wrote most of his poetry, and of
how his work represents, by dint of its linguistic character, an
act of defiance and affirmation, in Delor's view, a 'metalinguistic
literature'. D. GARETH WALTERS is Professor of Hispanic Studies at
the University of Swansea.
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