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| Selected Poems by Federico Garcia Lorca |
Synopsis:
This selection has been the introduction for generations of
American readers to the mesmerizing poems of Federico
Garcia Lorca (1898-1937). Lorca is admired the world over
for the lyricism, immediacy and clarity of his poetry, as well
as for his ability to encompass techniques of the symbolist
movement with deeper psychological shadings.
Most of all, Lorca's poems are admired for their beauty.
Undercurrents of his major influences - Spanish folk
traditions of his native Andalusia and Granada, gypsy
ballads, and surrealists Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel -
stream throughout Lorca's work.
This selection has been the introduction for generations of
American readers to the mesmerizing poems of Federico
Garcia Lorca (1898-1937). Lorca is admired the world over
for the lyricism, immediacy and clarity of his poetry, as well
as for his ability to encompass techniques of the symbolist
movement with deeper psychological shadings.
Most of all, Lorca's poems are admired for their beauty.
Undercurrents of his major influences - Spanish folk
traditions of his native Andalusia and Granada, gypsy
ballads, and surrealists Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel -
stream throughout Lorca's work.
My husband used to read this book to me when I was pregnant with
my only child. The sound of the poems made her kick. Maybe the
poems, but probably it was just the way he read them--in
Spanish--louder than he ever said anything. My husband never
yelled, even when he was angry he just stayed by himself a bit, but he
really used to get into these poems. From his childhood, I guess. He
tried to translate them himself, but he wasn't very good at it. He
would probably say these aren't very good either, no translation is
your own after all, but I don't speak Spanish, and to me these are
close to the way he used to make me feel when he read them. Very
lovely, and a little alarming.
I tried reading them to my daughter--she's having a baby in the
summer--but it didn't really make anyone feel alarmed. I guess I need
to learn to develop my own versions. ***** Maria Suarez
my only child. The sound of the poems made her kick. Maybe the
poems, but probably it was just the way he read them--in
Spanish--louder than he ever said anything. My husband never
yelled, even when he was angry he just stayed by himself a bit, but he
really used to get into these poems. From his childhood, I guess. He
tried to translate them himself, but he wasn't very good at it. He
would probably say these aren't very good either, no translation is
your own after all, but I don't speak Spanish, and to me these are
close to the way he used to make me feel when he read them. Very
lovely, and a little alarming.
I tried reading them to my daughter--she's having a baby in the
summer--but it didn't really make anyone feel alarmed. I guess I need
to learn to develop my own versions. ***** Maria Suarez
