The Golden Age: Poems of the Spanish Renaissance

by Edith Grossman (Translator), Billy Collins (Introduction)

Overview

"Edith Grossman again demonstrates that she indeed is the Glenn Gould of translators."—Harold Bloom

Celebrating the Spanish Renaissance's greatest poems and offering a new appreciation of Spain's "Golden Age, " Edith Grossman turns her passionate fervor and stylistic brilliance to the works of Jorge Manrique; Garcilaso de la Vega, a soldier and courtier who wrote love poetry; Fray Luis de León, a converso Jew; San Juan de la Cruz, whose poems are the finest exemplars of Christian mysticism; Luis de Góngora, a great sensualist; Lope de Vega, Cervantes' rival; Francisco de Quevedo, the ultimate Baroque poet; and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, the nun whose haunting poetry embodied the voice of Mexico. Through these glorious voices, presented in facing-page Spanish and English, The Golden Age offers a new way to connect with the literary heritage of the Spanish-speaking world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393329919
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	08/17/2007
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Acclaimed for her best-selling translations of Cervantes, Gabriel García Márquez, and Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith Grossman (1936—2023) received many awards including the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation.

Billy Collins was the Poet Laureate of the United States and the State of New York. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College and a Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Winter Park Institute. A Literary Lion of the New York Public Library and author of many collections of poetry, including Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds and Horoscopes for the Dead, he lives in Westchester, New York.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations     XIII
Introduction   Billy Collins     XV
Translator's Introduction     XXV
Notes on the Poets     XXIX
Acknowledgments     XXXI   Jorge Manrique (1440-1479)     1
Verses Written on the Death of His Father     5   Garcilaso de la Vega (1501?-1536)     39
Sonnet I     43
Sonnet X     45
Sonnet XXIII     47
Sonnet XXIX     49
Song V     51
Eclogue I     65   Fray Luis de Leon (1527-1591)     101
Stanza: Upon Leaving Prison     105
Ode III (To Francisco Salinas)     107
Ode VIII: Quiet Night     113
Ode XIX: On the Ascension     121   San Juan de la Cruz (1542-1591)     125
Song II: The Dark Night     129
Song III: Flame of Living Love     133   Luis de Gongora (1561-1627)     135
Sonnet LXXXII (amorous)     139
Sonnet CLXV     141
Sonnet CLXVI     143
Ballad XLIX (amorous)     145
Lyric XIX (sacred)     151   Lope de Vega (1562-1635)     155
Sacred Rhymes: I     159
Instant Sonnet     161
Human Rhymes: Sonnet LXI     163
Various Songs: Folk Song VII     165   Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645)     169
Metaphysical Poems 2     173
Metaphysical Poems 3     175
Metaphysical Poems 6     177
Metaphysical Poems 8     179
Amorous Poems 471     181
Psalm XVII     183
Psalm XVIII     185
Psalm XIX     187   Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (1651?-1695)     189
Sonnet 145     193
Sonnet 147     195
Sonnet 148     197
Sonnet 164     199
Sonnet 165     201