The Quarrel Between Poetry and Philosophy

John Burns is Visiting Associate Professor of Spanish Studies at Bard College. He has published the book Contemporary Hispanic Poets: Cultural Production in the Global, Digital Age and numerous book chapters, including "Teaching Infrarrealistas: Using Lesser Known Contemporary Poets in the Undergraduate Classroom" in Teaching Latin American Poetries and "From Manifesto to Manifestation: The Infrarrealista Movement as an Alternative Latin American Literary Community," in Alternative Communities in Hispanic Literature and Culture. He has also published articles and book reviews in publications such as Film International (web), 1616: Anuario de Literatura Comparada, and Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources. His publications also include translations-of the Chilean poet Raúl Hernández and Galician poet Manuel Antonio, as well as translations of the Beat poets into Spanish in collaboration with Rubén Medina-and his own creative work. He has previously taught at Bard High School Early College Queens, Rockford University in Illinois, and Kobe College in Japan, where he served as Visiting Researcher.

The Quarrel Between Poetry and Philosophy: Perspectives Across the Humanities is an interdisciplinary study of the abiding quarrel to which poet-philosopher Plato referred centuries ago in the Republic.

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