To be honest, I was a little bit unprepared for this weeks reading, not unprepared as in not ready to read this weeks text, but unprepared for the themes and ideas that Gabriela Mistral discusses in her work. After reading through all her poems, I found it somewhat difficult to fully understand all the thoughts […]
After reading Madwomen, it is clear that Gabriela Mistral was anything by ordinary, not only in Latin American literature, but in her life as well. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the various poems that make up Mistral’s Madwomen. It gave me a new insight into life as a woman at the time the book was written. […]
I want to start this post by saying that The Madwomen by Gabriela Mistral was the first of the books we’ve read that I actually really liked. As in, I want to buy my own copy and reread it until I feel I understand it. I’m not sure exactly what i…
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I want to start this post by saying that The Madwomen by Gabriela Mistral was the first of the books we’ve read that I actually really liked. As in, I want to buy my own copy and reread it until I feel I understand it. I’m not sure exactly what i…
week4. mistral and [my love for] madwomen I have to say I am so glad there is poetry on the booklist for this course. I think it would have felt empty to me without the inclusion of poetry. This book, given its title and its content surrounding the theme, made me realize how much I […]
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This weeks reading Madwomen by Gabriela Mistral was a delight to read. I personally really enjoy poetry and the lyricism of her work, as well as the personal and hard-hitting themes made it fun to work through. Some things I noted with interest were the constantly reoccurring themes of fire and the ocean, as well as her …
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I absolutely adored this week’s readings, as I love reading poetry above anything else. I have already read some of Pablo Neruda’s poems so I decided to go for Gabriela Mistral and I think it has been / will be the best choice I will make this term. There is something about poetry written by […]
I was excited to read from this week’s author considering I had heard much about her but never got around to reading her work. I once went to a Spanish school named after Gabriel Mistral with only had a vague idea of her celebrated legacy as a Chilean poet. To be honest, I’ve always been […]
I was very excited for two main reasons for this week’s reading. One is because I like poetry; it might…
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While reading Mistral’s poetry, I felt emotions that seemed to me to be ones of abandonment, burden, loss and emptiness. Though the reading was dense and difficult to understand, I got the sense that the voice speaking was one holding excessive burden and mourning loss, whether that be of childhood, freedom or autonomy. Even though […]
