| Memory in My Hands: The Love Poetry of Pedro Salinas- Translated with an Introduction by Ruth Katz Crispin Contributor(s): Alvarez-Detrell, Tamara (Other), Paulson, Michael G. (Other), Katz Crispin, Ruth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1433106248 ISBN-13: 9781433106248 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $118.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese |
| Dewey: 861.62 |
| LCCN: 2009011346 |
| Series: Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.35 lbs) 314 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Pedro Salinas (1892-1951), one of the greatest modern poets of any country, is unquestionably the preeminent love poet of twentieth-century Spain. Memory in My Hands includes an ample selection of his three books of love poetry - The Voice I Owe to You La voz a ti debida], A Reason for Love Raz n de amor], and Long Lament Largo lamento] in English translation alongside the Spanish original. This trilogy of love poems, the last (posthumous) of which has never been translated before, are of a nature to win a large and devoted audience: they are at once passionate, eloquent, and whimsical. The introduction to Memory in My Hands sets the poems in context, providing the story of the love affair that inspired the poems. It also raises the question of the nature of autobiographical poetry and considers this collection in the tradition of poetic sequences such as Philip Sidney's Astrophil and Stella. |