Modern Spanish Lyrics

By Sylvanus Griswold Morley, Elijah Clarence Hills, S. Griswold Hills, Elijah Clarence and Morley

Book Overview

Modern Spanish Lyrics gathers the pulse of a changing Spain. Short, urgent, and quietly defiant. This lucid Spanish poetry anthology assembles lyrical voices from the turn of the century, showing how Spanish romantic poetry yielded to sharper modernist rhythms and new formal experiments in early 1900s literature. Its scope maps the emotional range of modern Spanish verse - love, exile, urban unrest, and the search for identity amid rapid social change. The selection privileges musical line, compact imagery and an economy of language; readers encounter everything from intimate love lyrics to brief civic laments that dramatise a nation's shifting mood. Accessible without flattening complexity, it stands as a practical poetry students resource and a steady companion for Spanish language learners, useful both for classroom close reading and for readers seeking sustained lyrical intensity. Historically, the collection is a clear snapshot of the creative cross-currents that helped shape Spain's literary classics and contributed to a wider Hispanic poetic revival - resonances you can trace alongside Ruben Dario poems and other modernist work across Iberia and the Americas. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Casual readers will discover immediate lyric pleasure and cultural insight; collectors, classic-literature enthusiasts and editors building a Spanish literary collection will value it as a thoughtfully curated Hispanic poetry anthology and an essential bridge to twentieth century Spanish poems. Generous in range but concise in presentation, this edition also functions as a practical sourcebook for teachers and as a study aid for poetry students exploring metre, imagery and the public poetics of the era. For those interested in Spanish cultural heritage, or tracing the influence of modernismo and early 1900s literature, it offers organised access to the lyric traditions that inform many of Spain's literary classics. A worthy cultural addition to any shelf, it rewards both casual browsing and scholarly attention.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354302521
• ISBN13: 9789354302527
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 524 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"