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Overview"""Edith Grossman again demonstrates that she indeed is the Glenn Gould of translators."" —Harold Bloom Celebrating the Spanish Renaissance's greatest poems and offering a new appreciation of Spain's ""Golden Age, "" Edith Grossman turns her passionate fervor and stylistic brilliance to the works of Jorge Manrique; Garcilaso de la Vega, a soldier and courtier who wrote love poetry; Fray Luis de León, a converso Jew; San Juan de la Cruz, whose poems are the finest exemplars of Christian mysticism; Luis de Góngora, a great sensualist; Lope de Vega, Cervantes' rival; Francisco de Quevedo, the ultimate Baroque poet; and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, the nun whose haunting poetry embodied the voice of Mexico. Through these glorious voices, presented in facing-page Spanish and English, The Golden Age offers a new way to connect with the literary heritage of the Spanish-speaking world. 10 illustrations" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Edith Grossman , Billy CollinsPublisher: WW Norton & Co Imprint: WW Norton & Co Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.10cm Weight: 0.245kg ISBN: 9780393329919ISBN 10: 0393329917 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 15 January 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsA well-chosen selection... Edith Grossman's translations are impressive acts of ventriloquism, preserving the distinctively Renaissance tone of the verse. London Review of Books Author InformationAcclaimed for her best-selling translations of Cervantes, Gabriel García Márquez, and Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith Grossman (1936—2023) received many awards including the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation. Billy Collins was the Poet Laureate of the United States and the State of New York. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College and a Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Winter Park Institute. A Literary Lion of the New York Public Library and author of many collections of poetry, including Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds and Horoscopes for the Dead, he lives in Westchester, New York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |