| Miguel Hernandez Contributor(s): Hernández, Miguel (Author), Share, Don (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1590176294 ISBN-13: 9781590176290 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - Spanish & Portuguese - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Death, Grief, Loss |
| Dewey: 861.62 |
| LCCN: 2012048408 |
| Series: NYRB/Poets |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 4.6" W x 7" (0.20 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Spanish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Miguel Hern ndez is, along with Antonio Machado, Juan Ram n Jim nez, and Federico Garc a Lorca, one of the greatest Spanish poets of the twentieth century. This volume spans the whole of Hern ndez's brief writing life, and includes his most celebrated poems, from the early lyrics written in traditional forms, such as the moving elegy Hern ndez wrote to his friend and mentor Ramon Sij (one of the most famous elegies ever written in the Spanish language), to the spiritual eroticism of his love poems, and the heart-wrenching, luminous lines written in the trenches of war. Also included in this edition are tributes to Hern ndez by Federico Garc a Lorca, Pablo Neruda (interviewed by Robert Bly), Rafael Alberti, and Vicente Aleixandre. Pastoral nature, love, and war are recurring themes in Hern ndez's poetry, his words a dazzling reminder that force can never defeat spirit, that courage is its own reward. |