Politics and Public Space in Contemporary Argentine Poetry

Book at Lunchtime event. This book addresses the connection between
political themes and literary form in the most recent Argentine
poetry. Ben Bollig uses the concepts of “lyric” and “state” as twin
coordinates for both an assessment of how Argentinian poets have
conceived a political role for their work and how poems come to
speak to us about politics. Drawing on concepts from contemporary
literary theory, this striking study combines textual analysis with
historical research to shed light on the ways in which new modes of
circulation help to shape poetry today. The book's author,
Professor Ben Bollig (Medieval and Modern Languages, University of
Oxford) explored the issues raised with: Maria del Pilar Blanco
(Professor in Spanish American Literature, University of Oxford)
Eduardo Posada-Carbo (Professor of History and Politics of Latin
America, University of Oxford) Leigh A. Payne (Professor of
Sociology, University of Oxford) The session was chaired by Bart
van Es (Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford).