Talking to the living and the dead: Lezama Lima's "Oda a Julián del Casal"

Authors

  • James Irby Princeton University

Keywords:

José Lezama Lima, Julián del Casal, Latin American poetry

Abstract

This commentary on one of José Lezama Lima's (1910-1976) most memorable poems, "Oda a Julián del Casal", focuses on how six of its textual features - apostrophes, recurrent verbal motifs, obscurity, recognizability, verb tenses and moods, and mythical allusions - interact to produce an overall rhetorical effect. Julián del Casal (Cuba, 1863-1893) is now considered one of the most important Hispanic American poets of his historical moment. Lezama composed his poem in 1963 during the celebration of the centenary of Casal's birth.

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Published

2010-01-01

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 69 (2010)

Section

Literatura

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How to Cite

Irby, J. (2010). Talking to the living and the dead: Lezama Lima’s "Oda a Julián del Casal" . Estudos Avançados, 24(69), 219-238. https://journals.usp.br/eav/article/view/10522