Spanish Women Poets and Ageing

What is it about?

Literary criticism has shown scant interest in exploring the theme of old age in the poetry written by Spanish women. An analysis of what might be called the first generation of Spanish women poets uncovers noteworthy reflections on old age and death while revealing as well a stoicism or serenity that stems from the ability of their poetics speakers to divert their focus from material to spiritual or artistic concerns. The poetic personae of Concha Méndez, Angela Figuera, Ernestina de Champourcin, Carmen Conde, and Josefina de la Torre find varying types of antidotes for the pain of aging, but they coincide in preserving their own particular existential postures

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Why is it important?

This article delves into a subject rarely studied in Hispanic criticism and adds to the understanding of Spanish women poets.