SOMOS LO QUE HABITAMOS : POÉTICAS DEL ESPACIO EN CASA DE AGUA Y DE SOMBRAS DE HANNI OSSOTT
(2022) In Revista Chilena de Literatura p.299-318- Abstract
The poetry of Hanni Ossott (1946-2002) is hardly known beyond Venezuelan frontiers, and so is any domestic or foreign research, almost non-existent, about her published works, an exception being El reino donde la noche se abre (1987). Such a scenario, unfortunately, continues to be so regarding her other works, especially the ones published thereafter. For this reason, this article will focus on one of her later poetry books, Casa de agua y de sombras (1992), since, as will be argued, it might be the most relevant one to understand the spatial-subjective processes that characterize the Ossottian oeuvre. Drawing upon Bachelard’s theories of space, this paper will attempt to explain how the poet goes from the versification of abstract and... (More)
The poetry of Hanni Ossott (1946-2002) is hardly known beyond Venezuelan frontiers, and so is any domestic or foreign research, almost non-existent, about her published works, an exception being El reino donde la noche se abre (1987). Such a scenario, unfortunately, continues to be so regarding her other works, especially the ones published thereafter. For this reason, this article will focus on one of her later poetry books, Casa de agua y de sombras (1992), since, as will be argued, it might be the most relevant one to understand the spatial-subjective processes that characterize the Ossottian oeuvre. Drawing upon Bachelard’s theories of space, this paper will attempt to explain how the poet goes from the versification of abstract and hostile space to the poetry of lived space, which will offer answers to her identity dilemma: we are nothing more than what we inhabit.
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- author
- Arria, Eugenia LU
- organization
- alternative title
- We are WHaT We INHabIT : POeTIcs OF sPace IN HaNNI OssOTT’s CASA DE AGUA Y DE SOMBRAS
- publishing date
- 2022
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Bachelard, dwelling, Ossott, space, Venezuelan poetry
- in
- Revista Chilena de Literatura
- issue
- 105
- pages
- 20 pages
- publisher
- Universidad de Chile
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85135787732
- ISSN
- 0048-7651
- DOI
- 10.4067/S0718-22952022000100299
- language
- Spanish
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 85bf768b-95a9-4434-815c-b71324a6ab35
- date added to LUP
- 2022-09-06 14:58:01
- date last changed
- 2022-09-06 17:00:21
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abstract = {{<p>The poetry of Hanni Ossott (1946-2002) is hardly known beyond Venezuelan frontiers, and so is any domestic or foreign research, almost non-existent, about her published works, an exception being El reino donde la noche se abre (1987). Such a scenario, unfortunately, continues to be so regarding her other works, especially the ones published thereafter. For this reason, this article will focus on one of her later poetry books, Casa de agua y de sombras (1992), since, as will be argued, it might be the most relevant one to understand the spatial-subjective processes that characterize the Ossottian oeuvre. Drawing upon Bachelard’s theories of space, this paper will attempt to explain how the poet goes from the versification of abstract and hostile space to the poetry of lived space, which will offer answers to her identity dilemma: we are nothing more than what we inhabit.</p>}},
author = {{Arria, Eugenia}},
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keywords = {{Bachelard; dwelling; Ossott; space; Venezuelan poetry}},
language = {{spa}},
number = {{105}},
pages = {{299--318}},
publisher = {{Universidad de Chile}},
series = {{Revista Chilena de Literatura}},
title = {{SOMOS LO QUE HABITAMOS : POÉTICAS DEL ESPACIO EN CASA DE AGUA Y DE SOMBRAS DE HANNI OSSOTT}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-22952022000100299}},
doi = {{10.4067/S0718-22952022000100299}},
year = {{2022}},
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