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The Solitudes: A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text

The Solitudes: A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text

Gongora, Luis de
Grossman, Edith
Grossman, Edith

Paperback

Series: Penguin Classics

General Poetry

ISBN10: 0143106724
ISBN13: 9780143106722
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: May 29 2012
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.28 Depth: 7.99
Language: English
An epic masterpiece of world literature, in a magnificent new translation by one if the most acclaimed translators of our time

A towering figure of the Renaissance, Luis de Góngora pioneered poetic forms so radically different from the dominant aesthetic of his time that he was derided as the Prince of Darkness. The Solitudes, his magnum opus, is an intoxicatingly lush novel-in-verse that follows the wanderings of a shipwrecked man who has been spurned by his lover. Wrenched from civilization and its attendant madness, the desolate hero is transported into a natural world that is at once menacing and sublime. In this stunning edition Edith Grossman captures the breathtaking beauty of a work that represents one of the high points of poetic achievement in any language.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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