The Selected Poems of Federico Garcia Lorca
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (695 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0811216225 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 186 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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-- Pablo Neruda. -- Lovin' Life, Jeri Lynn CrippenWhat a poet! I have never seen grace and geniuscome together in anyone else as they did in him. A rich, bilingual selection of clear/ lyrical / intimate poems. -- EFE/Latin American News AgencyLorca lives on through his imaginative poetry. A testament to the timelessness and transcendence of Lorca's poetic work
S. Poets represented here as translators are as diverse as Stephen Spender, Langston Hughes, Ben Belitt, William Jay Smith, and W.S. Undercurrents of his major influences--Spanish folk traditions from his native Andalusia and Granada, gypsy ballads, and his friends the surrealists Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel--stream throughout Lorca's work. Merwin.The Selected Poems of Federico García Lorca has introduced generations of American readers to mesmerizing poetry since 1955. Merwin.. The landmark poetry of Federico García Lorca in a bilingual edition and introduced by Pulitzer Prize winner W. But Lorca's poems are, most of all, admired for their beauty. Lorca (1898-1937) is admired all over the world for the lyricism, immediacy and clarity of his poetry, as well as for his ability to encompass techniques of the symbolist movement with deeper psychological shadings
"wonderfully lyrical and romantic" according to Gary Sprandel. These wonderfully lyrical and romantic poems span from 1921 to 19wonderfully lyrical and romantic These wonderfully lyrical and romantic poems span from 1921 to 1936, the year of his untimely execution. This edition include both the original Spanish and English translations (including a translation by Langston Hughes).I particular like some of the sounds "Poem of the Saeta" "They come from remote regions of sorrow". His trip to New York, produced the notable "King of Harlem" and "Ode to Walt Whitman". The final series of poems on "Gacela of " and "Casida of the " only hint at. 6, the year of his untimely execution. This edition include both the original Spanish and English translations (including a translation by Langston Hughes).I particular like some of the sounds "Poem of the Saeta" "They come from remote regions of sorrow". His trip to New York, produced the notable "King of Harlem" and "Ode to Walt Whitman". The final series of poems on "Gacela of " and "Casida of the " only hint at. passionate and dream-like J. Wolfe Another author chosen for our rural writers' group. I felt it could inspire the young folks who are transfixed by vampires and darkness. This is definitely NOT that, but rather is a more mature expression that arises out of the angst brought on by some of the same issues, historical and personal, that these youngsters experience. My all-time favorite poet.. Flippy said The Best Introduction to Lorca. I have the Collected Poems of Lorca but I still return to this beautiful, compact volume time and time again. It is not that the Collected Poems dissatisfy me, no I simply find most of my favourite poems in the Selected Poems.It is in my opinion the best introduction to Federico Garcia Lorca's poetry. Here one can find 'The Faithless Wife', just as famous as Neruda's 'Tonight I Write the Saddest Lines' as well handsome selections from the Divan, Canciones, Romancero Gitano and hi
. Federico García Lorca (1898-1937) was born in Granada, Spain. A poet and playwright (Blood Wedding, The House of Bernarda Alba), he was killed by the Falangists in Spain during the Spanish Civil War