Table of Contents

Introduction
Gender, Sexuality and Silence(s) in the Writing of Alejandra Pizarnik - Susana Chávez Silverman
Different Aspects of Humour and Wordplay in the Work of Alejandra Pizarnik - Evelyn Fishburn
The Tormenting Beauty of Ideals: A Deleuzian Interpretation of Pizarnik's `La condesa sangrienta' and Franz Kafka's `In the Penal Colony' -
Alejandra Pizarnik, Surrealism and Reading - Jason Wilson
Alejandra Pizarnik, the Perceptive Reader - Florinda F Goldberg
Alejandra Pizarnik's `palais du vocabulaire': Constructing the `cuerpo poético' - Fiona J. Mackintosh
Alejandra Pizarnik's Poetry: Translating the Translation of Subjectivity - Cecilia Rossi
The `Complete' Works of Alejandra Pizarnik?: Editors and Editions - Cristina Piña
Afterword
Index

Reviews

A compelling introduction to the work of Alejandra Pizarnik (1936-1972), one of the most prominent women poets of Argentina. [...] A useful book to those interested in women's writing and Latin American poetry.
*FORUM FOR MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES*

Constitutes a significant addition to the extant criticism on the work of one of Spanish America's most intriguing twentieth-century poets. [...] An indisputably important collection, one that should be widely available in both undergraduate and graduate libraries.
*BULLETIN OF SPANISH STUDIES*

An excellent contribution to Pizarnik studies.[...][A] valuable and provocative work. BULLETIN OF HISPANIC STUDIES En conclusión, el volumen integra positivamente variados temas y aproximaciones teóricas. Además de la rigurosidad critica de los ensayos, las contribuciones más significativas son la exploración de los métodos de trabajo de Pizarnik y la cuidadosa revisión de los nuevos recursos a disposición de los lectores. Como resultado, el libro acierta en su objetivo de revitalizar el interés académico en la escritora argentina.
*HISPANIA*

Of great interest and great value to postgraduate students and academics. [...] Provide[s] a very useful indication of how texts, contexts, theories and perspectives can come together to illuminate new paths.
*JOURNAL OF IBERIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES*