The Mystery of Writing in The Blood of a Poet (Le sang d’un poète, Jean Cocteau, 1932)

Jean Cocteau ofrece en La sangre de un poeta una interesante reflexión sobre la naturaleza de la escritura literaria, construyendo una personal poética cinematográfica a partir de símbolos universales. El resultado describe el proceso de despersonalización a que se ve abocado el poeta al verse comprometido por un lenguaje que no reconoce como suyo. Esto implica la aceptación de su condición indeterminada, marcada por una naturaleza andrógina abocada a la muerteJean Cocteau offers in The Blood of a Poet an interesting reflection on the nature of literary writing, constructing a personal cinematographic poetic based on universal symbols. The result describes the process of depersonalization experienced by the poet when he is forced by a language which he does not recognize as his own. This implies the acceptance of his indeterminate condition, marked by an androgynous nature doomed to deat