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The sonnets written during the Spanish Golden Age of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are among the finest poems written in the Spanish language. This book presents over one hundred of the best and most representative sonnets of that period, together with translations into English sonnets and detailed critical commentaries. Garcilaso de la Vega, Gngora and Quevedo receive particular attention, but other poets such as Aldana, Lope de Vega and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz are also well represented. A substantial introduction provides accounts of the sonnet genre, of the historical and literary background, and of the problems faced by the translator of sonnets. The aim of this volume is to provide semantically accurate translations that bring the original sonnets to life in modern English as true sonnets: not just aids to the comprehension of the originals but also lively and enjoyable poems in their own right.

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This eminently readable collection confirms John Rutherford's status as arguably the finest translator of literary works from the Spanish Golden Age. The introduction provides an exemplary contextualisation for a selection of sonnets that are essential reading for anyone who claims an interest not only in Hispanic literature(s) but also in literature per se. A treasure-trove of delights, this collection constitutes a major milestone in and beyond Hispanic Studies. --Duncan Wheeler, University of Leeds

This eminently readable collection confirms John Rutherford's status as arguably the finest translator of literary works from the Spanish Golden Age. The introduction provides an exemplary contextualisation for a selection of sonnets that are essential reading for anyone who claims an interest not only in Hispanic literature(s) but also in literature per se. A treasure-trove of delights, this collection constitutes a major milestone in and beyond Hispanic Studies. --Duncan Wheeler, University of Leeds This eminently readable collection confirms John Rutherford's status as arguably the finest translator of literary works from the Spanish Golden Age. The introduction provides an exemplary contextualisation for a selection of sonnets that are essential reading for anyone who claims an interest not only in Hispanic literature(s) but also in literature per se. A treasure-trove of delights, this collection constitutes a major milestone in and beyond Hispanic Studies. --Duncan Wheeler, University of Leeds

This eminently readable collection confirms John Rutherford's status as arguably the finest translator of literary works from the Spanish Golden Age. The introduction provides an exemplary contextualisation for a selection of sonnets that are essential reading for anyone who claims an interest not only in Hispanic literature(s) but also in literature per se. A treasure-trove of delights, this collection constitutes a major milestone in and beyond Hispanic Studies. --Duncan Wheeler, University of Leeds This eminently readable collection confirms John Rutherford's status as arguably the finest translator of literary works from the Spanish Golden Age. The introduction provides an exemplary contextualisation for a selection of sonnets that are essential reading for anyone who claims an interest not only in Hispanic literature(s) but also in literature per se. A treasure-trove of delights, this collection constitutes a major milestone in and beyond Hispanic Studies. --Duncan Wheeler, University of Leeds

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Undergraduate and postgraduate students, and researchers in Hispanic Studies, Renaissance Studies, Baroque Studies, Comparative Literature and Translation Studies. The book will also be of great interest to any lay reader interested in poetry, or in Spanish, Renaissance or Baroque culture in general.

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