The Golden Age: Poems of the Spanish Renaissance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393329919)

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.

Author: Edith Grossman
ISBN-10: 0393329917
ISBN-13: 9780393329919
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2007
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.61d