Selected poems of Luis de Gongora : a bilingual edition / edited and translated by John Dent-Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Góngora y Argote, Luis de, 1561-1627.

Contributor:

Dent-Young, John.

Standardized Title:

Poems. English & Spanish. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Góngora y Argote, Luis de, 1561-1627--Translations into English.

Góngora y Argote, Luis de.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Known as the "Spanish Homer," Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561-1627) is widely considered to be Spain's greatest poet. He was both praised and vilified during his lifetime, but his reputation waned in the years after his death; in the 1920's, he was championed by the Modernists, including Federico García Lorca, and influential critics of Spanish literature, including Dámaso Alonso. Famous for intricate metaphors in baroque style and syntax, Góngora has even been immortalized as a literary term: a "gongorism" connotes an involved Latinate style. Yet despite his influence and reputation

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

I. SHORTER POEMS

II. FIRST SOLITUDE

III. THE FABLE OF POLYPHEMUS AND GALATEA

IV. PYRAMUS AND THISBE

Commentary

Select Bibliography

Index of Titles and First Lines

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267) and index.

ISBN:

9786611959517

9781281959515

1281959510

9780226140629

0226140628

OCLC:

476229119