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James, William
Dependence, Independence, and Death
Toward a Psychobiography of Delmira Agustini
Series: Latin America - Volume 14
Year of Publication: 2009
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2009. XII, 171 pp.
ISBN 978-1-4331-0260-8 hardback
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Weight: 0.380 kg, 0.838 lbs
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Book synopsis
Dependence, Independence, and Death: Toward a Psychobiography of Delmira Agustini depicts the life of Uruguayan poet Delmira Agustini (1886-1914) based on her poems and other writings. These works give evidence of two constructs related to a psychological conflict in her life. The first is a dependence/independence dichotomy, thematized as a polarized love relationship between speaker and Other, who can represent two individuals or dual aspects of the poet's self. The second involves the poet's fascination with death, which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy when she is murdered by her ex-husband at the age of twenty-seven.
About the author(s)/editor(s)
The Author: William James has a Ph.D. in Hispanic studies from the University of Kentucky. He specializes in Spanish American and Peninsular poetry. His background in psychology includes a B.A. from the University of Illinois, as well as graduate seminars on personality and psychobiography. He currently teaches college courses on Spanish language, culture, and literature in Sacramento, California.
Series
Latin America: Interdisciplinary Studies. Vol. 14
General Editor: Gladys M. Varona-Lacey