Narcisia
By: Juana Castro ; translated by Ana Valverde Osan
Series: Engaged writers series; Engaged writers series
Publisher: uno Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [New Orleans]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9781608010868
Subjects: Translations into English; Women authors; Spanish poetry; Women's poetry
Description: Juana Castro's Narcisia is an attempt to rescue the myth of the ancient goddess. Narcisia gives birth to herself, and becomes a symbol of independence, energy and self-sufficiency. If within the mystic tradition the union with nature is one with God, in Castro's long poem, it is a spiritual union with the self that is sensual and erotic, as well as a positive, creative act that is far removed from the myth of Narcissus --
Notes: In English and Spanish.