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Abstract

Embrujamiento, first collection of poems published in 1927 by Elisabeth Mulder (Cervantes Publishing House), is symptomatic of the continuing relevance of occult thought and practices in the early years of the 20th century. These were connected with fin-de-siecle fashions that were in turn nourished by hybrid and heterodox currents. Among representations in which symbolist and romantic imaginaries of the femme fatale mix with new models, witches meet devils, magicians, possessed women, mediums, ghostly apparitions, mermaids, sphinxes, cinematic vampires and incarnations of the modern woman wander. The in-between spaces allow Mulder to configure hybrid bodies, unstable bodies that slip between different worlds and interrogate gender identities at a time of transition in which political and social demands are on the rise and representations of women are being questioned. They also make it possible to blur the generic boundaries of poetic writing in search of new bodies for poetry.

Alternate abstract:

Embrujamiento, el primer poemario de Elisabeth Mulder publicado en 1927, en la editorial Cervantes, es sintomático de la vigencia que el pensamiento y las prácticas ocultistas siguen teniendo en los primeros lustros del siglo XX, conectando con modas finiseculares que se nutren a su vez de corrientes híbridas y heterodoxas. A través de representaciones en las que se cruzan imaginarios simbolistas y románticos de la mujer fatal con nuevos modelos, se dan cita brujas, diablas, magas, posesas, médiums, apariciones fantasmales, sirenas, esfinges, vampiresas cinematográficas y encarnaciones de la mujer moderna. Los espacios intermedios le permiten a Mulder configurar cuerpos híbridos, cuerpos inestables que se deslizan entre distintos mundos e interrogan las identidades de género en un momento de transición en que aumentan las reivindicaciones y se cuestionan las representaciones de la mujer. Permiten también difuminar las fronteras genéricas de una escritura poética en busca también de nuevos cuerpos para la poesía.

Details

Title
CUERPOS MÚLTIPLES, ESPIRITISMO Y ESPACIOS INTERMEDIOS EN EMBRUJAMIENTO (1927), DE ELISABETH MULDER
Author
Lecointre, Melissa 1 

 Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (CREC) 
Pages
209-224
Publication year
2025
Publication date
2025
Publisher
Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED)
ISSN
11333634
e-ISSN
22549307
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
3214764609
Copyright
© 2025. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (the "License"). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.