Synopses & Reviews
The Selected Poems of Federico Garca Lorcahas introduced generations of American readers to mesmerizing poetry since 1955. 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. But Lorca's poems are, most of all, admired for their beauty. 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 Buuel--stream throughout Lorca's work. Poets represented here as translators are as diverse as Stephen Spender, Langston Hughes, Ben Belitt, William Jay Smith, and W.S. Merwin.
Synopsis
The Selected Poems of Federico García Lorca has introduced generations of American readers to mesmerizing poetry since 1955. 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. But Lorca's poems are, most of all, admired for their beauty. 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 Buñuel--stream throughout Lorca's work. Poets represented here as translators are as diverse as Stephen Spender, Langston Hughes, Ben Belitt, William Jay Smith, and W.S. Merwin.
Synopsis
A reissue of a landmark poetry volume with a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize winner W. S. Merwin. Bilingual.
Synopsis
The Selected Poems ofFederico Garcia Lorca has introducedgenerations of American readersto mesmerizing poetry since1955. Lorca (1898-1937) is admiredall over the world for the lyricism, immediacy and clarity of his poetry, aswell as for hisability toencompass techniques of the symbolistmovement with deeper psychological shadings. ButLorca's poems are, most ofall, admired for theirbeauty.Undercurrents of his major influences--Spanish folk traditions fromhis nativeAndalusia and Granada, gypsy ballads, and hisfriends the surrealists Salvador Dali and LuisBunuel--stream throughout Lorca's work.Poetsrepresented here astranslators are as diverse asStephen Spender, Langston Hughes, Ben Belitt, William Jay Smith, and W.S.Merwin.
Synopsis
The landmark poetry of Federico García Lorca in a bilingual edition and introduced by Pulitzer Prize winner W. S. Merwin.
About the Author
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.