1616 (Feb 2015)
The emergence of the mediated poet: Leopoldo María Panero in Roberto Bolaño’s 2666 = La emergencia del poeta mediatizado: Leopoldo María Panero en 2666 de Roberto Bolaño
Abstract
This essay analyzes the role of Leopoldo María Panero in thenovel 2666 by Roberto Bolaño. As a public figure, Panero also circulates incinema (El desencanto), in the written press and on television. The mediatizedimage of Panero dialogs with notions of mauditism in recent poetry, with thetransition to democracy in Spain and the role of poetry in the Era of Information.It is an image that both affirms the commercialization of artistic «authenticity» andalso calls it into question.
