The Cambridge Introduction to Spanish Poetry: Spain and Spanish America

by D. Gareth Walters

Overview

This comprehensive survey of Spanish poetry includes Iberian and Latin American writing from the Middle Ages to the present. Unlike most literary histories, it offers a non-chronological approach to the subject. It is arranged by genres and forms (epic, ballad, sonnet) and themes and motifs (love, religious and moral poetry, satirical and pure poetry). The wide-ranging selections in this reference make it appropriate for course use.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521791229
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/28/2002
Series:	Cambridge Introductions to Literature
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

D. Gareth Walters is Professor of Spanish at the University of Exeter. He is the author of The Poetry of Francisco de Aldana (1988) and Canciones and the Early Poetry of Lorca (2002).

Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. Poets and readers; 2. The interrelationship of texts; 3. The epic and the poetry of place; 4. The ballad and the poetry of tales; 5. Songs and sonnets - popular and learned poetry; 6. Love poetry; 7. Religious and moral poetry; 8. Satire, burlesque and poetry as celebration; Appendix: Chronological list of poets cited; Bibliography; Index of names; Subject index.

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