Lorca's essential poems, in an attractive bilingual edition This new edition ofSelected Verseincorporates changes made to Federico Garciacute;a Lorca'sCollected Poems, and will be an essential addition to any poetry lover's bookshelf. In this bilingual edition, Lorca's poetic range comes clearly into view, from the playful Suites and stylized evocations of Andalusia to the utter gravity and mystery of the final elegies, confirming his stature as one of our century's finest poets. Federico Garciacute;a Lorca, born in Granada in 1898, is widely seen as Spain's greatest modern poet. Among his best-known books areThe Divan at Tamarit,Poet in New York, andThe Gypsy Ballads. He was murdered by Franco's soldiers in 1936. Christopher Maureris head of the Department of Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese at the University of Illinois in Chicago. The work of Federico Garciacute;a Lorca, Spain's greatest modern poet, has long been admired for its emotional intensity and metaphorical brilliance. This revisedSelected Verse, which incorporates changes made in Christopher Maurer's landmark 2002 edition of Lorca'sCollected Poems, is the most wide-ranging abridgement of his verse available in English. As vividly and sensitively rendered by some ten translatorsCatherine Brown, Cola Franzen, Angela Jaffray, Galway Kinnell, Will Kirkland, Christopher Maurer, Jerome Rothenberg, Greg Simon, Alan S. Trueblood, and Steven F. Whitethe poems in this selection appear in a clear, bilingual, facing-pages format. Editor Maurer, a leading scholar of this poet's life and work, draws from every book of poems that Lorca published during his lifetime while also including several uncollected poems. Lorca's poetic range comes clearly into view, from the playfulSuitesand stylized evocations of Andalusia to the utter gravity and mystery of the final elegiesthus confirming his stature as one of the twentieth century's finest poets. The book concludes with an Index of Titles, an extensive Bibliography, biographical summaries for all of the translators, and an in-depth yet accessible array of Notes to the Poems (as made by Maurer throughout). Now in a Newly Revised Edition "Through the sheer power of [Lorca's] imaginative genius, in [these] lucid translations of his poems that are as intelligent as they are intuitive, we witness how the poet . . . expanded the scope of lyric poetry [and] entirely redefined the elegy."Rafael Campo,The Washington Post "Rarely has anyone written with suchduende(or 'soul'), such fervent eloquence, such vividness and audacity as Lorca."David H. Rosenthal,The New York Times Book Review "Through the sheer power of [Lorca's] imaginative genius, in [these] lucid translations of his poems that are as intelligent as they are intuitive, we witness how the poet . . . expanded the scope of lyric poetry [and] entirely redefined the elegy."Rafael Campo,The Washington Post "Garciacute;a Lorca's poems remain influential, mysterious, and some of the most emotional we have . . . English and Spanish readers can depend on this bilingual series of volumes to enjoy [his] timeless body of work."The Bloomsbury Review "The entire poetic spectrum of Spain's greatest modern poet and dramatist is showcased [here] . . . Lorca (1898-1936) drew upon his country's rich and sonorous musical tradition for inspiration, and his early poems are spellbindingly beautiful, animated with the sweet breath of the Andulusian land he loved so much and lit with images and metaphors as bright and quick as birds. His ballads, nocturnes, andSuitesare tender inquiries into the dark corners of heart and mind, all set in a promising real

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