Deep Time and Domestication in Vahni (Anthony Ezekiel) Capildeo’s ‘Dog or Wolf’
In this short article, I read Vahni (Anthony Ezekiel) Capildeo’s lyric poem ‘Dog or Wolf’ as an illustration of how a poem can encompass the deep time of co-evolution and speciation (the process whereby species diverge). According to Jonathan Culler, there is a “special now” of lyric poetry: we enco...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2022
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Worldviews
Année: 2022, Volume: 26, Numéro: 3, Pages: 260-266 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
lyric
B Domestication B ethical time B deep time B co-evolution |
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| Résumé: | In this short article, I read Vahni (Anthony Ezekiel) Capildeo’s lyric poem ‘Dog or Wolf’ as an illustration of how a poem can encompass the deep time of co-evolution and speciation (the process whereby species diverge). According to Jonathan Culler, there is a “special now” of lyric poetry: we encounter any poem in a perpetual present, but one with an open temporal horizon. Drawing on Deborah Bird Rose’s concept of ethical time, I suggest that the “gentle howling” of Capildeo’s ambiguous canid, which echoes Rose’s suggestion that other species call us into being, shows how poetry can also be a means of marking very deep time. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5357 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Worldviews
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685357-tat00001 |