Synopses & Reviews
Geared toward advanced beginners, this dual-language volume offers the convenient, accessible format of English translations on pages facing the matching Spanish text. It introduces such authors as Lope de Vega, Cervantes, Alarcón, Unamuno, and Darío, and such works as
El buscón, Cartas marruecas, El estudiante de Salamanca, and
Santa. Contents include plays, lyric and narrative verse, and prose of many kinds — fiction, philosophy, autobiography, and more — for a generous sampling of the Spanish language's extraordinarily diverse and rich literary history.
The selections begin at around 1550, at the outset of the 100 years known as the Golden Age. Excerpts from the era's major genres and authors include the works of three prominent playwrights, plus pastoral and picaresque novels, religious meditations, and a report from the New World. Three outstanding exponents of the Enlightenment appear here, in addition to contributions from the major Romantic playwrights and poets, several Realist and Naturalist novelists, and the pillars of the Generation of 1898. One-third of the selections are the works of Spanish-American writers. Accurate and up to date, this new translation by Stanley Appelbaum features a detailed Introduction with background on all of the writers and their works.
Synopsis
Geared toward advanced beginners, this dual-language volume offers students the convenient, accessible format of English translations on pages facing the matching Spanish text. Selections from poetry, plays, and stories include works by Gabriela Mistral, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Lope de Vega, Simón Bolívar, Francisco de Quevedo, and other prominent Spanish-language writers.
Synopsis
Geared toward advanced beginners, these highlights from poetry, plays, and stories by noted Spanish-language writers include works by Gabriela Mistral, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, and Lope de Vega.
Table of Contents
Las Casas (1474?1566)
Brevísima relación / Very Brief ReportMontemayor (1519?1561
La Diana / DianaLuis de León (1527?1591)
De los nombres de Cristo / On the Names of ChristAlemán (15471615)
Guzmán de AlfaracheCervantes (15471616) El licenciado Vidriera” / The Graduate Vidriera”Espinel (15501624)
Marcos de ObregónLope de Vega (15621635)
El mejor alcalde, el rey / The Best Mayorthe KingQuevedo (15801645)
El buscón / The SwindlerTirso de Molina (15831648)
Los cigarrales de Toledo / The Country Houses of ToledoCalderón (16001681)
El purgatorio de San Patricio / Saint Patricks PurgatoryCadalso (17411782)
Cartas marruecas / The Moroccan LettersJovellanos (17441811)
Espectáculos y diversiones públicas / Shows and Public EntertainmentsSamaniego (17451801)
Fábulas / FablesBolívar (17831830) A los pueblos de Venezuela” / To the People of Venezuela”Duque de Rivas (17911865)
Don Álvaro Fernán Caballero” (17961877)
La gaviota / The SeagullHeredia (18031839) Al retrato de mi madre” / To My Mothers Portrait”Mesonero Romanos (18031882)
Escenas matritenses / Scenes in MadridEcheverría (18051851) El matadero” / The Slaughterhouse”Hartzenbusch (18061880)
Los amantes de Teruel / The Lovers of TeruelEspronceda (18081842)
El estudiante de Salamanca / The Student of SalamancaSarmiento (18111888)
Recuerdos de provincia / Provincial RecollectionsGarcía Gutiérrez (18131884)
El trovador / The TroubadourGómez de Avellaneda (18141873)
SabGil yCarrasco (18151846)
El Señor de Bembibre / The Lord of BembibreLastarria (18171888) Rosa”Zorrilla (18171893) A buen juez, mejor testigo” / For a Good Judge, a Witness Better Yet”Mármol (18171871)
AmaliaTamayo y Baus (18291898)
Un drama nuevo / A New DramaBlest Gana (18301920)
Martín RivasAlarcón (18331891) La mujer alta” / The Tall Woman”Altamirano (18341893)
ClemenciaBécquer (18361870)
Leyendas / LegendsCastro (18371885)
En las orillas del Sar / On the Banks of the SarPérez Galdós (18431920)
El amigo Manso / Our Friend MansoLópez Portillo (18501923)
La parcela / The Plot of LandGutiérrez Nájera (18591895)
Cuentos frágiles / Fragile TalesUnamuno (18641936)
Vida de Don Quijote y Sancho / Life of Don Quixote and SanchoGamboa (18641939)
SantaValle-Inclán (18661936)
Flor de santidad / Flower of SanctityDarío (18671916) Canto a la Argentina” / Hymn to Argentina”Blasco Ibáñez (18671928)
Cuentos valencianos / Valencian StoriesBaroja (18721956)
Camino de perfección / On the Way to Perfection Azorín” (18731967)
La voluntad / WillpowerLugones (18741938)
La guerra gaucha / The Gaucho WarQuiroga (18781937) El hombre muerto” / The Dead Man”Jiménez (18811958)
Segunda antolojía poética / Second Poetic AnthologyDHalmar (18821950) En provincia” / In the Provinces”Ortega y Gasset (18831955)
El Espectador / The SpectatorMistral (18891957)
Desolación / Desolation