TY - BOOK AU - Glissant, Édouard AU - Nathanaël AU - Malena,Anne TI - Poetic intention SN - 9780982264539 PY - 2010/// CY - Callicoon, NY PB - Nightboat Books KW - Poesía KW - Arte KW - Ensayo KW - Pensamiento crítico KW - Literatura afro KW - Lengua inglesa N2 - This marks the publication of the first English-language translation of Poetic Intention, Glissant’s classic meditation on poetry and art. In this wide-ranging book, Glissant discusses poets, including Stéphane Mallarmé and Saint-John Perse, and visual artists, such as the Surrealist painters Matta and Wilfredo Lam, arguing for the importance of the global position of art. He states that a poem, in its intention, must never deny the “way of the world.” Capacious, inventive, and unique, Glissant’s Poetic Intention creates a new landscape for understanding the relationship between aesthetics and politics ER -