Focillon, Forms, Lezama
The enduring influence of Focillon’s essay on the poetics and literary theory of José Lezama Lima, where artistic forms are living and timeless entities, with echoes in the Baroque and creative intuition.
The enduring influence of Focillon’s essay on the poetics and literary theory of José Lezama Lima, where artistic forms are living and timeless entities, with echoes in the Baroque and creative intuition.
Rebellious existentialism, moral integrity, and resistance to the absurd through notes, quotes, and reflections.
Rereading for pleasure: the personal canon versus academia and marketing.
Far from its pejorative connotation, the figure of the dilettante embraces with passion and freedom the enjoyment of the arts and sensory pleasures, regardless of professional or academic rigidity.
The motivations for reading and writing are the product of chance and coincidence, not logic.
A variation on the «Proust Questionnaire». For those who believe that reading is a sacred act, an incurable disease, or an elegant substitute for social skills.