American Nothingness-Space and Identity in Alex Dimitrov’s Poetry
American Nothingness-Space and Identity in Alex Dimitrov’s Poetry

Summary/Abstract: Modern poetry shows that spatial representations are crucial for the aesthetic experience, going beyond just mapping locations. The study of spatial representation in poetry is a specific practice within literary criticism. It explores various types of spaces, such as emotional, political, and identity spaces, to understand the complexity of language’s connection to the physical world, also known as landguage or langscaping. In this article, I will analyze the case of Alex Dimitrov, a first-generation immigrant to the United States, and how his poetry portrays space. Using theories from authors like Henri Lefebvre, Edward W.Soja, and Robert T. Tally Jr., I want to study how empirical and imagined spaces interact in the mental map of New York, as found in Dimitrov’s poetry.

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