Postpoetry. Towards a new paradigm
Original title: Postpoesía
Is it still possible today to talk about the existence of poetry as a literary genre? If so, what is poetry like and what should it aspire to be? How is it possible that contemporary Spanish poetry has not made the transition from Modernism to Post-Modernism, that other arts have managed? Is it possible to write poetry in isolation to other areas of society? Is there poetry in science, advertising and design? Is there poetry in the economy, in trash TV, in large-scale pastry manufacturing? What is the metaphysics of chewing gum? Is the poetry of today actually a network, resembling a complex system? Have new technologies altered our conception of poetry? What is the truth behind the affirmation that today it is only possible to write from information, not erudition? This book gives the answer to all these questions, defining a new term called Post-poetic Poetry, which understands existing poetic constructs through the social paradigms of late postmodernism, the post-literary age in which we are immersed.
Is it still possible today to talk about the existence of poetry as a literary genre? If so, what is poetry like and what should it aspire to be? How is it possible that contemporary Spanish poetry has not made the transition from Modernism to Post-Modernism, that other arts have managed? Is it possible to write poetry in isolation to other areas of society? Is there poetry in science, advertising and design? Is there poetry in the economy, in trash TV, in large-scale pastry manufacturing? What is the metaphysics of chewing gum? Is the poetry of today actually a network, resembling a complex system? Have new technologies altered our conception of poetry? What is the truth behind the affirmation that today it is only possible to write from information, not erudition? This book gives the answer to all these questions, defining a new term called Post-poetic Poetry, which understands existing poetic constructs through the social paradigms of late postmodernism, the post-literary age in which we are immersed.