The intimacy of an absence: about the poetry of Jorge Leonidas Escudero

Authors

  • Marisa Río Colegio Santo Tomás de Aquino de San Juan
  • Laura Raso Universidad Nacional de San Juan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48162/rev.43.004

Keywords:

Jorge Leonidas Escudero, Argentine poetry, metaphor

Abstract

Blanchot says what speaks in a writer is the fact that “he is no loger himself, he insn`t anyone any more”. In two poetry books by Jorge Leonidas Escudero –Dicho en mí (2008) y Cantos del acechante (1995)–, this vital experience appears in relationship with four subjects: the poetic creation, death, the search of truth or sense of life, and love. In this article we analyze two books that represent two vital instances of the poet: maturity and old age. We believe that in this journey a subtle textualized vital turn can be read through metaphors that we will analyze through the theory of Lakoff and Johson (1991).

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Published

21-06-2021

How to Cite

Río, M., & Raso, L. (2021). The intimacy of an absence: about the poetry of Jorge Leonidas Escudero. Boletín GEC, (27), 83–98. https://doi.org/10.48162/rev.43.004

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