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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2145-8987</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Perífrasis. Revista de Literatura, Teoría y Crítica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[perifrasis. rev.lit.teor.crit.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2145-8987</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Departamento de Humanidades y Literatura de la Universidad de los Andes]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2145-89872020000100011</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.25025/perifrasis202011.21.01</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[PORFIRIO BARBA JACOB: LA BÚSQUEDA INACABADA DE LA PERFECCIÓN]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[PORFIRIO BARBA JACOB: THE UNREALIZED SEARCH FOR PERFECTION]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zuluaga]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Esnedy]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Benemérita Autónoma de Puebla  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>11</volume>
<numero>21</numero>
<fpage>11</fpage>
<lpage>25</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2145-89872020000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2145-89872020000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2145-89872020000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Barba Jacob conquistó, desde su lugar periférico de poeta raro, un lugar destacado en el modernismo hispanoamericano. Pese al tono disonante y retrógrado en el que se le encasilló, la búsqueda de la perfección de la forma y el estricto equilibrio entre musicalidad, ritmo y rima perfilaron su obra. Interesa el sentido y trascendencia de esa búsqueda, esencial en la creación artística de su héroe poeta demoniaco. Se indaga desde sus prólogos y poemas en su obsesión por publicar una obra finamente depurada, determinante en la creación de su gran metáfora del viaje inacabado a ese lugar enigmático llamado &#8220;Acuarimántima&#8221;.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Barba Jacob achieved, from his peripheral position as a rare poet, a prominent place in Hispano-AmericanModernismo. Despite the dissonant and retrogressive tone used to categorize him, the search for perfection of form and a strict balance between musicality, rhythm and rhyme defined his work. I am interested in the meaning and transcendence of this search, essential to the artistic creation of his demonic poet hero. From his prologues and poems, I inquire into Barba Jacob´s obsession to publish a carefully refined work, definitive in the creation of his great metaphor: the unfinished journey to that enigmatic place called &#8220;Acuarimántima&#8221;.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[modernismo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Porfirio Barba Jacob]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[poesía colombiana]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estudios latinoamericanos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[poéticas de autor]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Modernismo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Porfirio Barba Jacob]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Colombian poetry]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Latin American studies]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[authors&#8217; poetics]]></kwd>
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