This book argues that the poetry of César Vallejo announces the event, as a moment of irruption of a truth that destabilises the usual state of reality. It studies the emergence of a subject who affirms a truth that exceeds the law, interrupts hegemonic repetition, asserts universal solidarity, and defends "lost causes" despite political failure. The author reconfigures the traditional reading of Vallejo only as a poet of pain and human suffering, and offers new ways of understanding the relationship between poetry and politics.

Considers poetic language and reads Vallejo's as a poet of the event Studies Vallejo's radical political poetry Contributes to the study of Latin American poetry

Autorentext

Víctor Vich is Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú in Lima. He has been a visiting Professor at several universities in the United States and has published various books about Peruvian poetry. He won the Guggenheim grant in 2010.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. A Poet of the "Ethics of the Real".- 3.A Poet of the Language Crisis.- 4. A Poet of the "Part With No Part.- 5. A Poet Who Announces the Event.- 6. A Poet of the Communist Event.- 7. A Poet of "Lost Causes.- 8. Vallejo and Political: Art Beyond Death (Conclusions).