The Cambridge Introduction to Spanish Poetry

The Cambridge Introduction to Spanish Poetry
Title The Cambridge Introduction to Spanish Poetry PDF eBook
Author D. Gareth Walters
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 242
Release 2002-11-28
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9780521794640

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The Cambridge Introduction to Spanish Poetry comprises an extended survey of poetry written in Spanish from the Middle Ages to the present day, including both Iberian and Latin American writing. This volume offers a non-chronological approach to the subject in order to highlight the continuity and persistence of genres and forms (epic, ballad, sonnet) and of themes and motifs (love, religious and moral poetry, satirical and pure poetry). It also supplies a thorough examination of the various interactions between author, text and reader. Containing abundant quotation, it gives a refreshing introduction to an impressive and varied body of poetry from two continents, and is an accessible and wide-ranging reference-work, designed specifically for use on undergraduate and taught graduate courses. The most comprehensive work of its kind available, it will be an invaluable resource for students and teachers alike.

The Cambridge Companion to Modern Spanish Culture

The Cambridge Companion to Modern Spanish Culture
Title The Cambridge Companion to Modern Spanish Culture PDF eBook
Author David T. Gies
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 372
Release 1999-02-25
Genre Art
ISBN 9780521574297

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This book offers a comprehensive account of modern Spanish culture, tracing its dramatic and often unexpected development from its beginnings after the Revolution of 1868 to the present day. Specially-commissioned essays by leading experts provide analyses of the historical and political background of modern Spain, the culture of the major autonomous regions (notably Castile, Catalonia, and the Basque Country), and the country's literature: narrative, poetry, theatre and the essay. Spain's recent development is divided into three main phases: from 1868 to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War; the period of the dictatorship of Francisco Franco; and the post-Franco arrival of democracy. The concept of 'Spanish culture' is investigated, and there are studies of Spanish painting and sculpture, architecture, cinema, dance, music, and the modern media. A chronology and guides to further reading are provided, making the volume an invaluable introduction to the politics, literature and culture of modern Spain.

Seventeenth-Century Spanish Poetry

Seventeenth-Century Spanish Poetry
Title Seventeenth-Century Spanish Poetry PDF eBook
Author Arthur Terry
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 320
Release 1993-11-11
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 0521444217

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The first comprehensive study in English of one of the most important bodies of verse in European literature.

The Cambridge History of Spanish Literature

The Cambridge History of Spanish Literature
Title The Cambridge History of Spanish Literature PDF eBook
Author David T. Gies
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 906
Release 2004
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9780521806183

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An Introduction to Spanish-American Literature

An Introduction to Spanish-American Literature
Title An Introduction to Spanish-American Literature PDF eBook
Author Jean Franco
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 408
Release 1994
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9780521449236

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A revised, updated edition of Jean Franco's "Introduction to Spanish-American Literature", first published in 1969.

The Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American Culture

The Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American Culture
Title The Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American Culture PDF eBook
Author John King
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 388
Release 2004-04
Genre History
ISBN 9780521636513

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Six Masters of the Spanish Sonnet

Six Masters of the Spanish Sonnet
Title Six Masters of the Spanish Sonnet PDF eBook
Author Willis Barnstone
Publisher SIU Press
Pages 340
Release 1997
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9780809321278

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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."