''The Hunts'' () by
Amelia Biagioni, is a book of poems written originally in
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
...
. It was originally published in 1976.
Publication
The book was originally published in Spanish in 1976.
An English translation was published by
Xenos Books
The Borgo Press was a small publishing company founded by Robert Reginald in 1975 funded by the royalties gained from his first major reference work, ''Stella Nova: the contemporary science fiction authors'' (1970).
That same year Reginald met Ma ...
in 2003, translated by Renata Treitel.
Themes
The book contains themes of dynamism, with a "longing for communion" and dualistic elements; in the words of one commentator, "Good and evil, light and darkness, the hunter and the prey are the obverse and the reverse".
One commentator described a poem in the work, ''Oh tenebrosa fulgurante'', as showing that "writing has become a ritual of devouring the subject in its character as a closed instance and origin or cause of artistic practice, in order to convert it into its effect."
Reception
Rafael Carlos Quesada, writing for the newspaper ''
El Litoral
''El Litoral'' () is a local newspaper published in Santa Fe, Argentina.
''El Litoral'' was founded by Salvador Caputto in the important Paraná River port city of Santa Fe, and first published on August 7, 1918.
The daily was edited for much ...
'', described the work as advancing Biagioni in her "profound inquiry that brings her closer to metaphysics", calling its structure
hermetic through its usage of obscure and hard to understand terms.
He argued that though this may seem strange to some readers, through exploring it one would find "the permanence of Amelia Biagioni", and that the book was filled with complex themes that made it hard to simplify.
Editions
*Translated from
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
...
, and with an Introduction by Renata Treitel. Grand Terrace, CA:
Xenos Books
The Borgo Press was a small publishing company founded by Robert Reginald in 1975 funded by the royalties gained from his first major reference work, ''Stella Nova: the contemporary science fiction authors'' (1970).
That same year Reginald met Ma ...
. (paper), 135 p.
References
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Poetry collections
1976 poetry books
Argentine poetry