THE CIRCLE IN GEORGE BACOVIA’S POETIC VISION
THE CIRCLE IN GEORGE BACOVIA’S POETIC VISION

Summary/Abstract: Unlike the work of other poets, Bacovian lyricism finds its expression in a closed, well-defined space. It functions as both a zone of ostracization, as the poet constantly feels alienated, but also as a limit in which he sporadically finds refuge and, above all, experiences relief. When he tries to delimit himself from this perimeter, the poet's thinking tends to annihilate itself, the forms lose their outline and consistency. However, in George Bacovia's poetry, there are no immediate points of support, there is no salvation on either side. There are few cases when the poet gives another meaning to existence, other than that of permanent illusion and heralded failure. Whereas the romantics could only imagine the center and the edge, George Bacovia indicates them in a striking concreteness, easily recognizable in a world that has lost its landmarks, even if this kind of concreteness corresponds to an inner reality, a heartbreaking one because of its dramas. We could say that the symbolist poet, in his personal way, does nothing but close the circle in a very concentrated interpretive field.

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