Stories and Poems/Cuentos y Poesias: A Dual-Language Book (Dual-Language Books)

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By: Ruben Dario
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EDITORIAL REVIEW

Nicaraguan poet and essayist Rubén Darío (the pen name of Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) is considered the high priest of the modernismo school of literature, known for its dazzling verbal virtuosity and technical perfection. This volume contains a rich selection of Darío's best poems and stories from Azul (Blue), Prosas profanas (Worldly Hymns), Cantos de vida y esperanza (Songs of Life and Hope), El canto errante (The Wandering Song), and Poema del otoño (Poem of Autumn). Accurate English translations appear on the pages facing the original Spanish. Also included is an informative introduction to Darío's life and work and annotations to the individual stories and poems.

PRODUCT DETAILS

Publisher: Dover Publications
Pub. Date: 25th September 2002
Catalog: Book
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 256
Ean: 9780486420653
Isbn: 0486420655

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USER REVIEWS

Representative Selection
~ Written on Dec 17, 2007. 2 out of 2 users found this review helpful.

Wide range of Darío's life work. Short stories and poems. Contains most of his famous stuff. Print large enough to read easily. English translation on right side helpful for intermediate Spanish readers. It's amusing to disagree with the translator's take.

Another title; another gem.
~ Written on Aug 3, 2006. 4 out of 4 users found this review helpful.

You simply can't go wrong with this series. Here is one of the great names in Spanish literature, Rubén Darío, made even more accessible through the dual-language format. A must for teachers, students, and those of us will always be both!

Towering poet!
~ Written on Feb 12, 2006. 6 out of 9 users found this review helpful.

The egregious ascendancy of Latin American poetry ever born; Dario incarnates as nobody else the sublime beauty, nocturnal gaze, autumnal meditation and existential anguish tinged of a bucolic scent and contemplative mood.

Along his poetry it 's easy to certain to associate with Whitman in determined concerns; Dario visits the hospitals of the hell and makes his own journey; but besides, his dark reflections are impregnated with a visible tinge of spiritual penury and incurable hopeless.

Baroja stated once: the Castllian owns two great names: Valle Inclàn and Ruben Dario. Go for this invaluable book and ve part of that poetical iniverse.

The best Ruben Dario book for the international fan
~ Written on Feb 17, 2004. 10 out of 10 users found this review helpful.

I found this book to be very insightful into the mind of Ruben Dario. Having the translation in both languages gives the reader an accurate idea of what Dario wanted to express; and also gives the reader an accurate idea of why he chose certain words to say certain things. Some small detail I would have wished is that it contained the full lirical calendar, the autum, winter, spring, and fall poems. Overall, an exellent book.

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