Gabriela Mistral loved words and sounds and stories. Born in Chile, she would grow to become the first Nobel Prize-winning Latina woman in the world. As a poet and a teacher, she inspired children acr
Presents a selection of poems, in both English and Spanish, that evoke the themes of race and the legacy of slavery in the United States and the Caribbean.
"This dual-language edition of Versos Sencillos offers both the Spanish-language original and English translation of each poem in the collection. The translation follows the original rhyme scheme wher
“This is pure Neruda at his prime, which is to say incomparable.”—Choice“The Separate Rose represents Pablo Neruda at the peak of his art, and William O’Daly has done an important service by bringing
“Neruda’s lyricism wakes us up, even in the face of death, to the connections we have with our land, inner and outer.”—Los Angeles Times Book ReviewThe first authorized English translation of Aun, con
This bilingual edition of the book central to Machado’s work, Campos de Castilla, reflects Machado’s life after he moved to the small town of Soria. Written between 1907 and 1917, the poems address hi
Juan Ramon Jimenez (1881-1958) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956, yet his work remains far less well-known in the English-speaking world than it deserves. Jimenez was a prolific write
“Spanish poetry in the twentieth century uniquely combines both primitive and sophisticated elements. It is as firmly rooted in folksongs and ballads as it is in wild surrealist imagery. The brilliant
The Poema de Mio Cid recounts the adventures of Rodrigo Diaz, an 11th-century hero of Islamic Spain. The Cid and his legendary exploits were already the subjects of ballads, songs, and children's tale
The most comprehensive English-language collection of work ever by "the greatest poet of the twentieth century--in any language" (Gabriel Garc!a M?rquez)"In his work a continent awakens to consciousn
Cuban-born New York poet Pablo Medina's bilingual fulcros are six-line poems that, as he writes, "combine the dialectic of the sonnet with the imagistic power of the haiku... shaping language and sile
Performing Women in the Middle Ages approaches medieval lyric poetry through the lens of gender and performance theory and demonstrates how comic-obscene and comic-erotic songs put identity into play,
"A delightful and informative anthology, an indispensable entry into the brilliant neo-baroque universe of the great Cuban poet."--Suzanne Jill Levine, author of Manuel Puig and the Spider Woman: His
El maullido de un barco atrapado entre las olas de un arbol de agua salada, un universo construido por dioses que se comen unos a otros, un relampago jadeante en la ceniza, un duende de agua que quier
Ejemplo de madurez poetica que deslumbra por su atrevimiento formal y su desgarramiento expresivo, este volumen de poemas esta compuesto por tres libros de empeno dantesco que van del abismo amoroso a
A traves de sus impecables razonamientos y de su vigor intelectual, Cuesta sacudio los canones de la cultura en las primeros decadas del siglo XX. Su corta vida dejo en la memoria de amigos y conocido
La mayor parte de la obra lirica de Moratin es de caracter tradicional y festivo, con romances sobre el mundo islamico, y poemas eroticos como el Arte de las putas, prohibido por la Inquisicion. Este
Este nuevo volumen ofrece ensayos de especialistas anglofonos sobre el Libro de Buen Amor, obra monumental del siglo XIV. El volumen responde a la necesidad de un enfoque actualizado que examina el es
One of the first travel journals of its kind to be published, this epic poem about Juan de Oñate's entrada that led to the founding of Nueva México in 1598 (to become the state of New Mexico 314 years
