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Last Will(s): Withdrawal and Resistance in the Poetry of José Miguel Silva

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Last Will(s): Withdrawal and Resistance in the Poetry of José Miguel Silva
Abstract
The first pages of Erros Individuais [Individual Errors] (2010) pose the question of whether it is worth writing poetry; the answer is rather ambiguous. In Serém, 24 de Março (2011), the poetic persona decides to retreat to a house in the country, far away from the values of the cities. Very recently (2017), José Miguel Silva published a book called Últimos Poemas [Last Poems], probably a goodbye to poetry. At the same time, the author has been publishing online texts in which he denounces the dangers of climate change, far-right politics, and the end of democracy. Should we identify a coherent gesture of withdrawal in José Miguel Silva's work? Or is there a sort of ironic resistance in this farewell to poetry and to the world of the polis?
Publication
Portuguese Studies
Volume
36
Issue
2
Pages
206-219
Date
2020
Journal Abbr
Portuguese Studies
Language
en
ISSN
2222-4270
Short Title
Last Will(s)
Accessed
7/28/24, 9:25 AM
Library Catalog
DOI.org (Crossref)
Citation
EIRAS, Pedro, 2020. Last Will(s): Withdrawal and Resistance in the Poetry of José Miguel Silva. Portuguese Studies. Online. 2020. Vol. 36, no. 2, p. 206–219. DOI 10.1353/port.2020.0033. [Accessed 28 July 2024].
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