New publication on Maltese contemporary poetry

The book Ir-Ruħ Tqell bil-Poeżija – Louis Briffa: Il-Ħsieb Inċanat by Charles Briffa explores some aspects of Maltese contemporary poetry through the practice of literary criticism. It is intended to help readers immerse themselves more fully into the poetic works of Louis Briffa.

“Literary works have their existence in a continual stream of analytical criticism about them in an academic context,” says the author.

“The studies presented in this book, Ir-Ruħ Tqell bil-Poeżija, contribute new insights into our understanding of readers’ experiences of a contemporary Maltese poet from a stylistic perspective.”

The book considers readers’ empathy as a psychological process involved in engagement between readers and poems. As an area of research, the book is a project that explores the relationship between language and cultural conceptualisations. It elaborates, among other things, on its key analytical notions of treating women in literature.

The book compares analytically Louis Briffa’s handling of women in his poems with that of other Maltese authors. It encapsulates a detailed comparative study of Mario Azzopardi and Louis Briffa on the subject of the voices of women in our...