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Strategies for Writing Gibraltar into the World
  • ISSN: 1364-971X
  • E-ISSN: 1758-9150

Abstract

This article compares and contrasts the Gibraltar-themed poetry of Gibraltarian writers Leopold P. Sanguinetti and Giordano Durante. It argues that while Sanguinetti’s (1958) collection, , contributed to the cultural construction of a pro-imperial British identity on the Rock, Durante’s debut book of poetry, (2017), sketches the emergence of a postcolonial collective self among the Gibraltarian people. In addition, the article argues that the representation of Gibraltar and of the Gibraltarians in James Joyce’s 1922 novel, , serves as an intertextual precursor for Durante’s poetics and preoccupations.

Resumen

Este artículo compara y contrasta la forma en que los escritores gibraltareños Leopold P. Sanguinetti y Giordano Durante abordan el tema de Gibraltar en su poesía. En primer lugar, afirma que el poemario que publica Sanguinetti en el año 1957, (), sirve para apuntalar una identidad británica pro-imperialista en el Peñón. En cambio, el artículo sostiene que el primer libro de poesía de Durante, (), publicado en 2017, esboza la aparición de un nuevo ser colectivo postcolonial en el seno del pueblo gibraltareño. Asimismo, el artículo asevera que el retrato de Gibraltar y de los gibraltareños que traza James Joyce en su novela (), publicada en 1922, constituye un precursor intertextual de las inquietudes estéticas y sociales de Durante.

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