Stories and Poems/Cuentos y Poesias: A Dual-Language Book (Dual-Language Books)
by Ruben Dario
from Dover Publications
Songs of Life and Hope/Cantos de vida y esperanza
by Rubén Darío
from Duke University Press
Renowned for its depth of feeling and musicality, the poetry of Rubén DarÃÂo (1867–1916) has been revered by writers including Federico GarcÃÂa Lorca, Pablo Neruda, and Octavio Paz. A leading figure in the movement known as modernismo, DarÃÂo created the modern Spanish lyric and permanently altered the course of Spanish poetry. Yet while his output has inspired a great deal of critical analysis and a scattering of translations, there has been, until now, no complete English translation of any of his books of poetry. This bilingual edition of DarÃÂo’s 1905 masterpiece, Cantos de vida y esperanza, fills a crucial gap in Hispanic and world literature studies. Will Derusha and Alberto Acereda have provided not only an elegant English translation of DarÃÂo’s work but also an authoritative version of the original Spanish text.
Written over the course of seven years and in many locales in Latin America and Europe, the poems in Cantos de vida y esperanza reflect both DarÃÂo’s anguished sense of modern life and his ecstatic visions of transcendence, freedom, and the transformative power of art. They reveal DarÃÂo’s familiarity with Spanish, French, and English literature and the wide range of his concerns—existential, religious, erotic, and socio-political. Derusha and Acereda’s translation renders DarÃÂo’s themes with meticulous clarity and captures the structural and acoustic dimensions of the poet’s language in all its rhythmic sonority. Their introduction places this singular poet—arguably the greatest to emerge from Latin America in modern literature—and his best and most widely known work in historical and literary context. An extensive glossary offers additional information, explaining terms related to modernismo, Hispanic history, mythological allusions, and artists and writers prominent at the turn of the last century.
Selected Writings (Penguin Classics)
by Rubén Dario
from Penguin Classics
Born in Nicaragua, Rubén DarÃo is known as the consummate leader of the Modernista movement, an esthetic trend that swept the Americas from Mexico to Argentina at the end of the nineteenth century. Seeking a language and a style that would distinguish the newly emergent nations from the old imperial power of Spain, DarÃoÂ’s writing offered a refreshingly new vision of the world—an artistic sensibility at once cosmopolitan and connected to the rhythms of nature. The first part of this collection presents DarÃoÂ’s most significant poems in a bilingual format and organized thematically in the way DarÃo himself envisioned them. The second part is devoted to DarÃoÂ’s prose, including short stories, fables, profiles, travel writing, reportage, opinion pieces, and letters. A sweeping biographical introduction by distinguished critic Ilan Stavans places DarÃo in historical and artistic context, not only in Latin America but in world literature.
Ruben Dario (Obras selectas series)
by Ruben Dario
from Edimat Libros
The classic works of literature contained in each of these volumes represent each author's best and most famous writings. A wonderful introduction to world literature, this finely crafted and affordable series offers the works of these world-renowned authors to a wider audience. Includes Azul, Cantos de vida y esperanza, and España contemporánea and others.
Las obras clásicas de literatura en cada volumen son una representación de los mejores y más famosos escritos de los autores. Una introducción maravillosa a la literatura universal, esta serie hermosamente diseñada pone las obras de los autores mundialmente conocidos al alcance de todos.
El Nacimiento de la Col y otros cuentos (Cajon de Cuentos)
by Ruben Dario
from PanAmericana Editorial, Ltda.
Language: Spanish
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