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Aquest article analitza la conciliació d'elements de la cultura popular i de la tradició literària a través d'una enunciació obertament homosexual en Poesida (1996), de l'escriptor mexicà Abigael Bohórquez (1936-1995). La conjunció d'aquests elements perfila a l'autor com un poeta singular en el camp literari de la dècada dels noranta en crear una poesia política des d'un espai íntim. Per a donar compte de l'anterior, primer tracem la genealogia de la poesia política de Bohórquez i desenvolupem com Poesida recupera algunes de les seves primeres preocupacions socials; segon, analitzem la combinació d'elements de la cultura popular i de la tradició literària en una enunciació obertament homosexual. A partir d'aquesta anàlisi comprenem Poesida com una obra medul·lar de la poesia mexicana quan conjuga diferents registres, alhora que aconsegueix crear una poesia de tall social., This article analyzes the conciliation of elements of popular culture and literary tradition through an openly homosexual enunciation in Poesida (1996), by the Mexican writer Abigael Bohórquez (1936-1995). The conjunction of these elements outlines the author as a unique poet in the literary field of the 1990s by creating a political poetry from the intimate space. To analyze the above, first we trace the genealogy of Bohórquez's political poetry and we develop how Poesida draws from his first social concerns; second, we examine the combination of elements of popular culture and literary tradition in an openly homosexual enunciation. From this analysis we understand Poesida as a core work of Mexican poetry as it combines different registers while manages to create social poetry., Este artículo analiza la conciliación de elementos de la cultura popular y de la tradición literaria a través de una enunciación abiertamente homosexual en Poesida (1996), del escritor mexicano Abigael Bohórquez (1936-1995). La conjunción de estos elementos perfila al autor como un poeta singular en el campo literario de la década de 1990 al crear una poesía política desde un espacio íntimo. Para dar cuenta de lo anterior, primero trazamos la genealogía de la poesía política de Bohórquez y desarrollamos cómo Poesida abreva de sus primeras preocupaciones sociales; segundo, analizamos la combinación de elementos de la cultura popular y de la tradición literaria en una enunciación abiertamente homosexual. A partir de este análisis comprendemos Poesida como una obra medular de la poesía mexicana en cuanto conjuga distintos registros a la vez que consigue crear una poesía de corte social.

Verifica dei poteri is Franco Fortini’s most important collection of essays, as well as a pivotal book for the political, ideological and literary reflection carried out by the poet in the 1960s. Following the keywords of poetic «form» and literary «value», their meaning and the way they are declined from the oldest to the newest essay, this paper analyses the structure of the two editions of the book. Besides, comparing the essays to the contemporary poetic collections (Una volta per sempre, 1963; Questo muro, 1973), it aims to enlighten the formal and content link between Fortini’s poetry and his essay writing.

"This book tells the story of rebel poetry in Iraq from the early twentieth century to the dawn of the Ba'thist era. It emphasizes the social relevance of rebel poetry by showing how poetry was composed, recited, disseminated, criticized, and punished. And it documents the role of poets as national spokesmen in the long struggle for national liberation, locating their ideas and actions in the global currents of anticolonial modernity", Includes bibliographical references and index., Introduction : "the spirit of the rebel poet" -- Neoclassical modernity : poetry, history, and authenticity, 1876-1914 -- Rebel poetry : colonialism and the poetry of rebellion, 1914-1920 -- Double-edged praise : patronage, power, and panegyric, 1920-1932 -- Patriots and traitors : the cultural politics of nationalism, 1932-1945 -- Poetry of public spaces : mass politics and new horizons, 1945-1958 -- Cultural hegemony : the politics of class, gender, and nation, 1958-1963 -- Conclusion : "we are what flows in every soul and spirit", "This book tells the story of rebel poetry in Iraq from the early twentieth century to the dawn of the Ba'thist era. It emphasizes the social relevance of rebel poetry by showing how poetry was composed, recited, disseminated, criticized, and punished. And it documents the role of poets as national spokesmen in the long struggle for national liberation, locating their ideas and actions in the global currents of anticolonial modernity"

This article will examine the corpus of poems written in the years 2004-2005, in response to the Israeli government’s Disengagement plan that unilaterally evacuated all Israeli communities from Gush Katif in the southern Gaza Strip. These poems are explored as a political speech act, whose purpose is to bring about an extra-linguistic outcome: to impact upon the feelings and thoughts of the addressees, as well as to influence them in relation to issues of identity and social affiliation. Indeed, these poems are part of a long and complex tradition of Hebrew political poetry, characterized not only by a response to political events but also by poets’ attempts to inspire change and shape attitudes—particularly regarding political issues that have moral implications. In this context of this tradition of political poetry, it could be assumed that the poetry written in response to the Disengagement plan would seek to participate in the extensive public protest and to bring about political change. I will argue, however, that this poetry was not political poetry, which sought to bring about an actual pragmatic change, but rather a type of political poetry that sought instead to confront and to process the implications of the anticipated political reality on an Israeli citizen’s identity and consciousness.

Includes bibliographical references and index., Introduction -- The politics and poetics of the modern Arab world -- From iltizām to metapoetry: ʻAbd al-Wahhāb al-Bayātī -- From iltizām to the Arab uprising: Aḥmad ʻAbd al-Muʻṭī Ḥijāzī -- From militant iltizām to humanist: Maḥmūd Darwīsh -- Conclusion: the poets and their vocation in the modern world.

Este artículo examina la campaña de comunicación que envolvió el asesinato de la figura política más poderosa de la Inglaterra de mediados del siglo XV, William de la Pole, duque de Suffolk. Primero un héroe de guerra, Suffolk se volvió impopular cuando los ingleses sufrieron una derrota militar en Francia y perdieron Normandía en 1449, un desastre por el que fue particularmente y ampliamente culpado. Fue encausado por el Parlamento, sólo salvado y enviado al exilio por Enrique VI. En su camino al continente su barco fue interceptado por otro llamado Nicholas of the Tower y fue decapitado por los marineros en nombre de la justicia popular. Aquí se examinan los versos y carteles políticos que se pusieron en circulación antes de su asesinato, que satirizaban y arremetían contra el papel del duque en el vacilante gobierno de Enrique VI en las vísperas de la Guerra de las Dos Rosas. La campaña de carteles alentó deliberadamente la caída del duque y su posterior asesinato y, por tanto, Suffolk puede ser considerado la primera gran víctima del periodismo de prototabloides en Inglaterra, indicando la importancia tanto de la publicidad como de la opinión pública en la subsiguiente Guerra de las Dos Rosas., This essay examines the media campaign surrounding the sensational murder of the most powerful political figure in mid fifteenth-century England, William de la Pole, duke of Suffolk. Once a great war hero, Suffolk became unpopular when the English suffered military defeat in France and lost Normandy in 1449, a disaster for which Suffolk was singularly blamed by the public at large. He was impeached by parliament only to be saved and sent into exile by King Henry VI. On his journey to the continent his ship was intercepted by another called Nicholas of the Tower, and he was beheaded by the ship’s sailors in the name of vigilante justice. This essay considers the political verses or bills put in circulation prior to Suffolk’s murder which satirized and lambasted the duke’s role in Henry VI’s faltering government on the eve of the Wars of the Roses. The billposting campaign deliberately encouraged the duke’s downfall and eventual murder, and so Suffolk might be considered the first great victim of proto-tabloid journalism in England, signaling the importance of both publicity and public opinion during the ensuing Wars of the Roses.

Fernando Pessoa, best known for his lyrical poetry and introspective prose, was also, among other things, a permanent political thinker and essayist. This facet of the writer is closely linked with his production of political poetry, which is relatively rare in the set of his poetic work and traditionally viewed by scholars and critics with some condescension. This paper presents an overview of this "minor" poetry, mainly satirical, produced since the late adolescence until the death of the author, relating it to the Portuguese sociopolitical context of his time and comparing it with the positions expressed by Pessoa in theoretical texts on politically-inspired literature., Fernando Pessoa, conhecido sobretudo pela sua poesia lírica e prosa introspectiva, foi também, entre outras coisas, um permanente pensador e ensaísta político. Com esta faceta do escritor relaciona-se intimamente a sua produção de poesia de tema político, relativamente rara no conjunto da sua obra poética e tradicionalmente olhada por estudiosos e críticos com alguma condescendência. O presente trabalho traça um panorama dessa poesia “menor”, sobretudo satírica, produzida desde o final da adolescência até à morte do autor, relacionando-a com o contexto sociopolítico português do seu tempo e confrontando-a com as posições que Pessoa formulou em textos teóricos sobre literatura de motivação política.

Pedro Franqueza, Count of Villalonga, the Secretary of King Phillip III of Spain, was detained on January 19, 1607, and kept in prison until his death. Immediately after his detention a satirical poem about him and his arrest began to circulate. This poem, recently discovered in a contemporary manuscript, is an outstanding example of the political ballad of the seventeenth century. This, indeed, is a very little known genre because it was rarely printed and was circulated only in manuscript and, of course, in the oral tradition., Pedro Franqueza, Conde de Villalonga, secretario del rey Felipe III de España, fue arrestado el 19 de enero de 1607 y encarcelado hasta su muerte. Inmediatamente comenzó a circular un poema satírico acerca de él y de su detención. Ese poema, recientemente descubierto en un manuscrito de la época, es un ejemplo destacado del romancero político del siglo xvii. Un género literario poco conocido porque no fue casi nunca impreso y circuló solo en papeles manuscritos y en la tradición oral.

En sammenligning af receptionen af Ivan Malinovskis Romerske bassiner (1963) og Lars Skinnesbachs I morgen findes systemerne igen (2004), der ligner hinanden til forveksling. Jeg undesøger blandt andet de æstetiske kvalitetskriterier der ligger bag anmeldelserne, og ser særligt på 'det politiske digt' eller det politiske i digtet, i den henseende. Det handler med andre ord ikke kun om hvad forfatterne faktisk skriver, men også om hvad de så at sige får lov til at skrive, hvad der bliver taget alvorligt og afvist af kritikkens privilegerede førstelæsere. Med Ivan Malinovski kunne man sige at kunsten er en konsekvent værdikritik, men det viser sig igen og igen at litteraturkritikken igennem sine æstetiske domfældelser, sætter skarpe grænser for hvor omfattende og radikal en sådan velfærdsopposition og værdikritik kan få lov til at være., A comparative reading of the the reception of Ivan Malinovski's 'Romerske bassiner' (1963) and Lars Skinnebach's 'I morgen findes systemerne igen' (2004) - both the books and the reception is very much alike eventhough there's a gap of 41 years between the first and the latter. Among other things I'm investigating the aesthetic criteria for quality that lies beneath the different reviews, and is in that respect peticular interested in 'the political poem' or the political in the poem. In other words: it's not only about what the writer actually writes, insomuch as what the writer is 'allowed' to write. What the literary critism is taken seriously and acknowledge as 'proper' literature, and what is simply rejected as not (good or appropriate) art. Nomatter how radical or harsh or (in different ways) 'political' a poem tries to be or act, the literary critism is an important authority in clearcly demarcating what and how a poem is 'allowed' to express.

The war poetry of Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864-1931) is a neglected part of the poet's work. The aim of this article is to discuss three poems from Flora och Bellona (1918): "Det röda korset" ("The Red Cross"), "Svart Jul" ("Black Christmas") and "En pesthymn" ("A Hymn of Pestilence"). Attention is paid to the ideological level of the poems, but also to their poetic structure. The poems are related to Peter Hallberg's discussion of Karlfeldt's archaistic imagery, to Esaias Tegnér's "Svea", but also to the contemporary political poetry of outspoken nationalists and socialists. Compared to the explicit political poetry, Karlfeldt's poetry is complex, often ambivalent in its criticism of both belligerents and alternately displaying despair and optimism. "En pesthymn" can be seen as a turning point, mirroring the outbreak in 1918 of the Finnish Civil War. In this poem, the ambivalent moral judgements of the poet's preceding war poetry are replaced by unequivocal political support for the "Whites"., De svenska författarna och första världskriget

Abbott states disappointment with LeGallienne's poem for the first issue of The Comrade. Used Markham's poem in its place; enclosed $10 payment. Abbott also expresses displeasure with the first issue due to various obstacles.

Cover of the comedic poem, "The Bladensburg Races," 1814, written shortly after the Americans fled from the British at Washington. Courtesy New York Public Library; image published in "My Maryland," p. 215.

Readers’ spatial, temporal, and ideological positioning play an important role in readers’ responses toward literary political discourse (LPD) and how they identify with the text or its characters. This thesis uses the cognitive poetic framework, Text World Theory (TWT) (Werth, 1999; Gavins, 2007) with Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to account for the political discourses of the texts, the readers, and their contexts. TWT has been increasingly used among cognitive poetic researchers to account for readers’ emotional, cognitive and psychological projections (e.g., Lahey, 2005; Gavins, 2007; Stockwell, 2009; Whiteley, 2011; Canning, 2017). TWT has been adopted in this research with CDA to account for power relations in readers’ contexts and its impact on their responses and how they relate to such narratives. I, furthermore, investigate how power-relations in the actual world impact readers’ stances and positioning in and toward the text-worlds. Both the literary discourse and the reader responses are explored in light of context and the geopolitical background. As such investigation requires exploring different elements in the reading experience (e.g. text, style and context), a mixed approach was needed, hence, Critical Text World Theory (CTWT). This research pays special attention to readerly projection as a bidirectional process (Canning, 2017) and uses these projections as precursors to the reader’s positioning with regards to text and context. The texts in this thesis are selected to represent different periods, political themes and literary genres, featuring a dystopian novel (Orwell’s 1984), a pair of Palestinian/Israeli poems (“Shades of Anger” and “Woman Martyr”), and a philosophical parable (Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas). The thesis uses a mixed method approach and draws upon both naturalistic reader response data as well as semi-structured interviews and a focus group. The original CTWT analysis in this thesis offers valuable insight in