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Dr Nicholas Roberts' Outputs (22)

Eugenio, desde el norte (2018)
Journal Article
Roberts, N. (online). Eugenio, desde el norte. Palimpsesto (Carmona),

The Joyous Excess of Eugenio Montejo’s Heteronymy' / 'El exceso jubiloso de la heteronimia de Eugenio Montejo (2018)
Journal Article
Roberts, N. (2018). The Joyous Excess of Eugenio Montejo’s Heteronymy' / 'El exceso jubiloso de la heteronimia de Eugenio Montejo. Latin American literature today, 1(7),

Throughout the writing career of Eugenio Montejo, spanning some forty years – nearly fifty if we include the early and largely disowned Humano paraíso [Human Paradise] (1959) –, the figure of Orpheus is a constant. This is hardly a novel observation;... Read More about The Joyous Excess of Eugenio Montejo’s Heteronymy' / 'El exceso jubiloso de la heteronimia de Eugenio Montejo.

When the Boat Comes In: Myth, Reification, and the Changing Face of Simón Bolívar in Venezuelan Politics and Culture (2016)
Book Chapter
Roberts, N. (2016). When the Boat Comes In: Myth, Reification, and the Changing Face of Simón Bolívar in Venezuelan Politics and Culture. In M. G. Shanahan, & A. M. Reyes (Eds.), Simón Bolívar : travels and transformations of a cultural icon (215-229). University Press of Florida. https://doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813062624.003.0013

Eugenio Montejo’s poem “Nostalgia de Bolívar” (1976) depicts Simón Bolívar as the (symbolic) essence of the Venezuelan land and people. But both are also emptied of this essence, as, within the poem, Bolívar departs to sea on a boat. “Bolívar” become... Read More about When the Boat Comes In: Myth, Reification, and the Changing Face of Simón Bolívar in Venezuelan Politics and Culture.

Variations on a Theme: Scored Music and Language in Julio Cortázar's "Clone" (2013)
Journal Article
Roberts, N. (2013). Variations on a Theme: Scored Music and Language in Julio Cortázar's "Clone". Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 90(6), 1011-1034. https://doi.org/10.1080/14753820.2013.810920

For Julio Cortázar, scored music exhibits the same problematics as language. 'Clone' constitutes Cortázar's most sustained exposition of this idea. The story abounds in musical versions and performances, denying any access to the putative originary c... Read More about Variations on a Theme: Scored Music and Language in Julio Cortázar's "Clone".

Spectres, Politics and Poetics: Hamlet in the Poetry of Eugenio Montejo (2012)
Journal Article
Roberts, N. (2012). Spectres, Politics and Poetics: Hamlet in the Poetry of Eugenio Montejo. New readings, 12, 1-18

Ghosts are never far from the surface in the work of Venezuelan poet Eugenio Montejo, concerned as it is with loss and its possible poetic restitution. Two of his poems are based around Hamlet and its spectral figure: "Hamlet Acto Primero" ["Hamlet A... Read More about Spectres, Politics and Poetics: Hamlet in the Poetry of Eugenio Montejo.

Political Violence and the Construction of National Identity in Latin America. Ed. by Will Fowler and Peter Lambert. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2006. 244 pp. £55. ISBN 978-1-4039-7388-7. (2011)
Journal Article
Roberts, N. (2011). Political Violence and the Construction of National Identity in Latin America. Ed. by Will Fowler and Peter Lambert. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2006. 244 pp. £55. ISBN 978-1-4039-7388-7. Modern Language Review, 106(3), 892-894. https://doi.org/10.5699/modelangrevi.106.3.0892

Nieve natal : The poetic language of Eugenio Montejo (2011)
Book Chapter
Roberts, N. (2011). Nieve natal : The poetic language of Eugenio Montejo. In A. Rodríguez Silva (Ed.), Orfeo revisitado : viaje a la poesía de Eugenio Montejo (129-160). Dirección General de Cultura y Extensión de la Universidad de Los Andes / Laboratorio Arte y Poética del Núcleo Universitario “Rafael Rangel”

Pablo Neruda, Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada. Edited, with an introduction, critical analysis, notes and vocabulary by Dominic Moran. Manchester/New York: Manchester University Press. 2007. xiv + 189 pp (2009)
Journal Article
Roberts, N. (2009). Pablo Neruda, Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada. Edited, with an introduction, critical analysis, notes and vocabulary by Dominic Moran. Manchester/New York: Manchester University Press. 2007. xiv + 189 pp. Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 86(2), 288-289. https://doi.org/10.1080/14753820902784033

Caballos y café: Poetic responses to time and death in the poetry of Eugenio Montejo (2007)
Journal Article
Roberts, N. (2007). Caballos y café: Poetic responses to time and death in the poetry of Eugenio Montejo. Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 84(8), 1043-1064. https://doi.org/10.1080/14753820701614613

Much of the poetry of Eugenio Montejo is characterized by a deep concern with and description of loss on a variety of levels: poetic, ontological, and experiential,1 with the effects of the passing of time constituting a central topos from his earlie... Read More about Caballos y café: Poetic responses to time and death in the poetry of Eugenio Montejo.