Six Masters of the Spanish Sonnet: Francisco de Quevedo, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Antonio Machado, Federico Garcia Lorca, Jorge Luis Borges, Miguel

by Cleo Qian

Book Overview

With poems selected and translated by one of the preeminent translators of our day, this bilingual collection of 112 sonnets by six Spanish-language masters of the form ranges in time from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries and includes the works of poets from Spanish America as well as poets native to Spain. Willis Barnstone's selection of sonnets and the extensive historical and biographical background he supplies serve as a compelling...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809317729
• ISBN13: 9780809317721
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 9.3"