El Safismo de Michael Field: Una ontología de lo femenino en "Long Ago" (1889)

Autores/as

  • Mayron Estefan Cantillo Lucuara Universitat de València

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/Lectora2018.24.12

Palabras clave:

Michael Field, Long Ago, Safo, lesbianismo, vitalismo

Resumen

Este artículo analiza la valiosa contribución que Katherine Bradley y su sobrina Edith Cooper realizaron a la vasta tradición del Safismo queer con Long Ago (1889), su primer poemario publicado bajo el pseudónimo compartido de Michael Field. Partiendo de la idea, ya consolidada en la crítica contemporánea, de que este poemario constituye un ejemplo original de escritura lésbica, argüiremos que Long Ago no sólo reivindica y se apropia de la figura de Safo como arquetipo lésbico, sino que incluso postula una teoría de género transgresora que define lo femenino como el principio esencial del vitalismo, lo masculino como la representación misma de la muerte y lo homoerótico como la modalidad más genuina del amor.

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Publicado

2018-10-29

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[1]
Cantillo Lucuara, M.E. 2018. El Safismo de Michael Field: Una ontología de lo femenino en &quot;Long Ago&quot; (1889). Lectora: revista de dones i textualitat. 24 (oct. 2018), 205–222. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1344/Lectora2018.24.12.