{"product_id":"mexican-poetry-an-anthology","title":"Mexican Poetry: An Anthology","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMexican Poetry: An Anthology\u003c\/h1\u003ePublisher: Grove Press\u003cbr\u003eMarch 29 1994\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780802151865\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0802151868\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003eThe renowned Mexican poet and critic Octavio Paz assembled this important anthology--the first of its kind in English translation--with a keen sense of what is both representative and universal in Mexican poetry. His informative introduction places the thirty-five selected poets within a literary and historical context that spans four centuries (1521-1910). This accomplished translation is the work of the young Samuel Beckett, just out of Trinity College, who had been awarded a grant by UNESCO to collaborate with Paz on the project.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotable among the writers who appear in this anthology are Bernardo de Balbuena (1561-1627), a master of the baroque period who celebrated the exuberant atmosphere and wealth of the New World; Juan Ruíz de Alarcón (1581?-1639), who became one of Spain's great playwrights; and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695), the beautiful nun whose passionate lyric poetry, written within her convent's walls, has made her, three hundred years later, a proto-feminist literary heroine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a major collection of Mexican poetry from its beginnings until the modern period, compiled and translated by two giants of world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67392034242605,"sku":"WHS-b477b0850e4a43b68bb4a09a96733ab6","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_02f1381c-efa4-40cb-b3e0-5a90bbf55f33.jpg?v=1787359433","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/mexican-poetry-an-anthology","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}