6 Masters of the Spanish Sonnet:essays & Translations
Author : Willis Barnstone
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Release : 1993
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Author : Willis Barnstone
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Release : 1993
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Author : Willis Barnstone
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 14,24 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780809321278
With poems selected and translated by one of the preeminent translators of our day, this bilingual collection of 112 sonnets by six Spanish-language masters of the form ranges in time from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries and includes the works of poets from Spanish America as well as poets native to Spain. Willis Barnstone's selection of sonnets and the extensive historical and biographical background he supplies serve as a compelling survey of Spanish-language poetry that should be of interest both to lovers of poetry in general and to scholars of Spanish-language literature in particular. Following an introductory examination of the arrival of the sonnet in Spain and of that nation's poetry up to Francisco de Quevedo, Barnstone takes up his six masters in chronological turn, preceding each with an essay that not only presents the sonneteer under discussion but also continues the carefully delineated history of Spanish-language poetry. Consistently engaging and informative and never dull or pedantic, these essays stand alone as appreciations--in the finest sense of that word--of some of the greatest poets ever to write. It is, however, Barnstone's subtle, musical, clear, and concise translations that form the heart of this collection. As Barnstone himself says, "In many ways all my life has been some kind of preparation for this volume."
Author : Willis Barnstone
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Page : 311 pages
File Size : 10,56 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Sonnets, Spanish
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Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 29,70 MB
Release : 2016-07-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1783168978
The sonnets written during the Spanish Golden Age of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are among the finest poems written in the Spanish language. This book presents over one hundred of the best and most representative sonnets of that period, together with translations into English sonnets and detailed critical commentaries. Garcilaso de la Vega, Góngora and Quevedo receive particular attention, but other poets such as Aldana, Lope de Vega and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz are also well represented. A substantial introduction provides accounts of the sonnet genre, of the historical and literary background, and of the problems faced by the translator of sonnets. The aim of this volume is to provide semantically accurate translations that bring the original sonnets to life in modern English as true sonnets: not just aids to the comprehension of the originals but also lively and enjoyable poems in their own right.
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Page : 294 pages
File Size : 16,56 MB
Release : 1993
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Page : 362 pages
File Size : 41,75 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Caribbean Area
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Page : 724 pages
File Size : 14,44 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Academic libraries
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Page : 428 pages
File Size : 45,81 MB
Release : 1992
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Page : 1538 pages
File Size : 47,26 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Bibliography
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Page : 2318 pages
File Size : 34,99 MB
Release : 1994
Category : American literature
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A world list of books in the English language.