Juan Antonio González Iglesias: The classical reception in a postmodern alexandrian poet

Abstract

This paper studies the classical elements in the poems of Juan Antonio González Iglesias, a poet and latinist from Salamanca. It will study his poetry books published until 2007. There we will observe the unusual form that greek and latin literature assumes in our poet, as in postmodernity the classical heritage is forced to asume new forms, setting this way a dialogue with the Antiquity. Of this Antiquity he will recreate some elements carefully. The classical reception will also be among other elements, old and modern, that will be mentioned when they join with the classical ones.