Voci migranti dall’Asia agli USA: Meena Alexander, una poetessa indiana di New York
Keywords:
io interiore, occasioni contingenti, poesia, esilioAbstract
Le poesie di Alexander sono proiezioni dell’io interiore che associa esperienze e sensazioni atte a ri-costruire una storia. Spesso nate da occasioni contingenti si compongono in immagini che si riflettono drammaticamente l’una sull’altra estendendone la prospettiva. Spazio e tempo svaniscono nella poiésis, e il canto si estende alla coralità mitica che combina continuità ed esilio:
Migrant Voices from Asia to the USA: Meena Alexander, an Indian poet in New York
Alexander’s poems are projections of the interior I that mingles experiences and sensations capable of reconstructing a story. Often inspired by particular situations, the poems are made up of images that dramatically reflect one another thereby amplifying the perspective. Time and space disappear into poiésis and the song extends into a mythical chanting that combines community and exile.
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