Song of the Heart : Selected Poems by Ramón López Velarde / Ramón López Velarde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

López Velarde, Ramón, author.

Series:

Texas Pan American Series.

Texas Pan American Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry.

Mexican prose literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (114 pages).

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1995.

Summary:

Ramón López Velarde (1888-1921) was one of the most Mexican of Mexican poets, whose sense of history found expression in many poems, including his best-known "La suave Patria" ("Sweet Land"). This bilingual collection, drawn primarily from Poesías completas y el minutero, offers English-language readers our first book-length introduction to his poetry. Often called a "poet of the provinces," López Velarde gives us a glimpse into a slower and more gentle way of life. His poems present the contrast between city and hometown and between urban and pastoral landscapes. Through these contrasts runs the thread of religious faith, while urgency of language informs the entire body of his poetic production. Original, specially commissioned drawings by noted contemporary Mexican artist Juan Soriano complement the poems. This combination of poetry and art speaks to universal emotions; indeed the poetry of López Velarde belongs to everyone who sings the Song of the Heart.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

El retorno maléfico / Ill-Omened Return

La mancha de púrpura / The Purple Stain

Mi prima Agueda / My Cousin Agueda

Boca flexible, ávida... / Avid, Ambivalent Lips . . .

Me estás vedada tú... / Forbidden

Noches de hotel / Hotel Nights

Del pueblo natal / Hometown

En el piélago veleidoso / Ever-Changing Seas

Mi corazón se amerita... / My Heart Fares Better...

Tierra mojada... / Wet Earth

Humildemente... / Humbly...

Día 13 / The 13th

El campanero / The Bell Ringer

Que sea para bien... / May It Be for the Best

El sueño de los guantes negros / Dream of the Black Gloves

El sueño de la inocencia / Dream of Innocence

A Sara / To Sara

Nuestras vidas son péndulos / Our Lives Are Pendulums

La última odalisca / The Last Odalisque

En las tinieblas húmedas... / In Misty Darkness

Te honro en el espanto... / In My Terror, I Honor You

Memorias del circo / Circus Memories

La suave Patria / Suave Patria: Sweet Land

Disco de Newton / Newton's Disk

El viejo pozo / The Old Well

Canonización / Canonization

Y pensar que pudimos... / And to Think...

La lágrima... / The Tear

El son del corazón / Song of the Heart

Afterword

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (De Gruyter, viewed November 26, 2022).

ISBN:

0-292-75338-1

OCLC:

1286807089