La novedad en las revistas de poesí­a: relatos de una tensión especular

Abstract

The review sections of both Diario de poesí­a and Hablar de poesí­a offer clues as to the different ways in which the literary newness enters the literary system. The 1990s poets books will be approached, in the first case, from their uniqueness; in the second case, from their strong inscription within the poetic traditions that predominated in Argentina in the 1960s. In this sense, the idea of novelty generates a mirror-like movement. Whereas Hablar de poesí­a tends to review books from a poetic ideology that could be defined in terms of "classical lyric poetry," it is the modern and contemporary poetry concept which is at stake in Diario de poesí­a. Consequently, the interpretation of newness presupposes, in both cases, a dialogue with the poetics developed by these publications' editors, which result in the concept of a "young paternity" (Diario de poesí­a) and in the need to select and take away from a previously established poetics (Hablar de poesí­a).