The Spanish Renaissance--a period of glory that endured from the late 15th century through the 17th century--comes to life in 40 of its greatest poems collected in this remarkable new translation, rendered with passionate fervor and a stylistic brilliance.

This volume, while including many of the usual anthology pieces from Spanish poetry, provides a sampling of the major genres of poetry associated with Spain's older literary traditions, omitting only the classical epic. In addition to English prose translations, this collection also includes a seventeen-page introduction intended to define the genres and to indicate briefly the lines along which they developed. Includes selections from these poets of the Renaissance: Juan Boscan, Cristobal de Castillejo, Garcilaso de la Vega, Gutierre de Cetina, Francisco de la Torre, Hernando de Acuna, Fray Luis de Leon, Baltasar del Alcazar, Fernando de Herrera, Francisco de Aldana, and San Juan de la Cruz. Includes selections from these Baroque poets: Lupercio & Bartolome L. de Argensola, Luis de Gongora, Lope de Vega, Juan de Arguijo, Francisco de Medrano, Rodrigo Caro, Andres Fernandez de Andrada, Pedro Espinosa, Francisco de Quevedo, Francisco de Rioja, Esteban Manuel de Villegas, and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz.

John A. Crow, a leading Hispanist, has culled the best translations available--by such poets as Richard Franshawe, Edward Fitzgerald, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, Robert Southey, and many distinguished modern poets--of poems ranging from the eleventh century to the present to make this the most complete collection of both Spanish and Spanish American poetry in English translation. Represented here is work by such twentieth century poets as Gabriela Mistral, Octavio Paz, Federico García Lorca, César Vallejo, Pablo Neruda, Anotnio Machado, and Juan Ramón Jiménez, many of whom the editor has known personally. The inclusion of many contemporary poets whose verse has never before appeared in English makes this anthology a particularly valuable collection.

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.

This is the first volume-in English or Spanish-to analyze the work of the principal women poets of Modern Spain. In it, John Wilcox draws on recent feminist critical theory and shows how Spanish poetry by women is not just a modern phenomenon but an ignored tradition whose roots reach back to the very beginnings of poetry of the Iberian Peninsula.

A Companion to the Spanish Renaissance makes a renewed case for the inclusion of Spain within broader European Renaissance movements. This interdisciplinary volume offers a snapshot of the best new work being done in this area