The Penguin Book Of Spanish Verse

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141961287
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Penguin Book Of Spanish Verse written by and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1988-02-25 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'You have dark eyes. Gleams there that promise darkness'. Spanish poetry is astonishing in its richness and variety. This anthology covers the two great flowerings of Spanish verse: the first, which lasted to the end of the seventeenth century, and second, from the mid-nineteenth century through the Spanish Civil War, to the present. This third edition has been revised to represent more fully the poetry of resistance that emerged during the Franco years, giving more space to older poets such as Jorge Guillén and the great survivor of the Lorca generation and Nobel Prize winner Vicente Aleixandre, as well as a number of more contemporary poets who have forged a new era in Spanish poetry. This edition also includes an introduction discussing the history and world significance of Spanish poetry. 'No body of lyrical poetry is so seriously under-estimated by British readers as the Spanish' - J. M. Cohen. This book is translated and edited with an introduction by J. M. Cohen.

Author : John Michael Cohen
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Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Penguin Book of Spanish Verse written by John Michael Cohen and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Michael Cohen
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 471 pages
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Download or read book The Penguin Book of Spanish Verse written by John Michael Cohen and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J. M. Cohen
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ISBN 13 : 9780758166135
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Penguin Book of Spanish Verse with Plain Prose Translations of Each Poem written by J. M. Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2003-01 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141395257
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Penguin Book of Haiku written by and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Penguin anthology of Japanese haiku, in vivid new translations by Adam L. Kern. Now a global poetry, the haiku was originally a Japanese verse form that flourished from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. Although renowned for its brevity, usually running three lines long in seventeen syllables, and by its use of natural imagery to make Zen-like observations about reality, in fact the haiku is much more: it can be erotic, funny, crude and mischievous. Presenting over a thousand exemplars in vivid and engaging translations, this anthology offers an illuminating introduction to this widely celebrated, if misunderstood, art form. Adam L. Kern's new translations are accompanied here by the original Japanese and short commentaries on the poems, as well as an introduction and illustrations from the period.

Author : Angel Flores
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486401713
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poesía Española written by Angel Flores and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents more than two hundred poems by sixteen Spanish and Latin American poets from the Renaissance and baroque periods and the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, in Spanish and in English translations by noted poets.

Author : Richard Stokes
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141982551
Total Pages : 976 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Penguin Book of English Song written by Richard Stokes and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Penguin Book of English Song anthologizes the work of 100 English poets who have inspired a host of different composers (some English, some not) to write vocal music. Each of the chapters, arranged chronologically from Chaucer to Auden, opens with a precis of the poet's life, work and, often, approach to music. Richard Stokes's notes and commentaries constantly illuminate the language and themes of the poems and their settings in unexpected ways. An awareness of how Ben Jonson based his famous poem 'Drinke to me, onely, with thine eyes' on a Greek original, for example, increases our enjoyment of both the poem and the traditional song; knowledge of Thomas Hardy's relationships with women deepens our appreciation of songs by Ireland, Finzi, Britten and others; Charles Dibdin's 'Tom Bowling', played each year at the Last Night of the Proms, takes on a deeper resonance when we know that it was written after the death of his brother Tom, a sea captain struck by lightning in the Indian Ocean. Many composers of different nationalities appear, but the book remains quintessentially British, and includes pieces that have an established place in our national consciousness: 'Rule, Britannia' (James Thomson), 'Abide with me' (Henry Francis Lyte), 'Auld lang syne' (Robert Burns), 'Jerusalem' (William Blake), 'Once in royal David's city' (Mrs C. F. Alexander), and even 'Twinkle, twinkle, little star' (Jane Taylor). The poems are printed in their original versification and spelling, enabling us to trace the development of the English language as the book progresses. The volume presents a huge amount of information about English Song that will enlighten all those who delight in the fusion of words and music. The presence of minor as well as major poets and the unique principle of selection make The Penguin Book of English Song a highly original anthology of English verse.

Author : T. Carmi
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141966602
Total Pages : 964 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse written by T. Carmi and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2006-06-29 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning anthology gathers together the riches of poetry in Hebrew from 'The Song of Deborah' to contemporary Israeli writings. Verse written up to the tenth century show the development of piyut, or liturgical poetry, and retell episodes from the Bible and exalt the glory of God. Medieval works introduce secular ideas in love poems, wine songs and rhymed narratives, as well as devotional verse for specific religious rituals. Themes such as the longing for the homeland run through the ages, especially in verse written after the rise of the Zionist movement, while poems of the last century marry Biblical references with the horrors of the Holocaust. Together these works create a moving portrait of a rich and varied culture through the last 3,000 years.

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141937408
Total Pages : 937 pages
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Download or read book The Penguin Book of French Poetry written by and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-02-24 with total page 937 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection illuminates the uniquely fascinating era between 1820 and 1950 in French poetry - a time in which diverse aesthetic ideas conflicted and converged as poetic forms evolved at an astonishing pace. It includes generous selections from all the established giants - among them Baudelaire, Verlaine, Rimbaud and Breton - as well as works from a wide variety of less well-known poets such as Claudel and Cendrars, whose innovations proved vital to the progress of poetry in France. The significant literary schools of the time are also represented in sections focusing on such movements as Romanticism, Symbolism, Cubism and Surrealism. Eloquent and inspirational, this rich and exhilarating anthology reveals an era of exceptional vitality.

Author : Seymour Resnick
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486143252
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spanish-American Poetry (Dual-Language) written by Seymour Resnick and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspiring treasury of 40 poems ranging from the time of the Conquest to the first half of the 20th century. Works by Martí, Dario, Nervo, Mistral, Neruda, and many other poets are presented in their original Spanish-American versions with new literal English translations on facing pages. Brief biographical notes on each poet.