{"product_id":"songs-of-life-and-hope-cantos-de-vida-y-esperanza-9780822332718","title":"Songs of Life and Hope\/Cantos de Vida Y Esperanza","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rubén Darío | Will Derusha | Alberto Acereda\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Caribbean \u0026amp; Latin American\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenowned for its depth of feeling and musicality, the poetry of Rub�n Dar�o (1867-1916) has been revered by writers including Federico Garc�a Lorca, Pablo Neruda, and Octavio Paz. A leading figure in the movement known as \u003ci\u003emodernismo, \u003c\/i\u003e Dar�o created the modern Spanish lyric and permanently altered the course of Spanish poetry\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Yet while his output has inspired a great deal of critical analysis and a scattering of translations, there has been, until now, no complete English translation of any of his books of poetry. This bilingual edition of Dar�o's 1905 masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eCantos de vida y esperanza, \u003c\/i\u003e fills a crucial gap in Hispanic and world literature studies. Will Derusha and Alberto Acereda have provided not only an elegant English translation of Dar�o's work but also an authoritative version of the original Spanish text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten over the course of seven years and in many locales in Latin America and Europe, the poems in \u003ci\u003eCantos de vida y esperanza\u003c\/i\u003e reflect both Dar�o's anguished sense of modern life and his ecstatic visions of transcendence, freedom, and the transformative power of art. They reveal Dar�o's familiarity with Spanish, French, and English literature and the wide range of his concerns-existential, religious, erotic, and socio-political. Derusha and Acereda's translation renders Dar�o's themes with meticulous clarity and captures the structural and acoustic dimensions of the poet's language in all its rhythmic sonority. Their introduction places this singular poet-arguably the greatest to emerge from Latin America in modern literature-and his best and most widely known work in historical and literary context. An extensive glossary offers additional information, explaining terms related to modernismo\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e Hispanic history, mythological allusions, and artists and writers prominent at the turn of the last century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47613910515863,"sku":"9780822332718","price":3672.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780822332718.webp?v=1775088850","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/songs-of-life-and-hope-cantos-de-vida-y-esperanza-9780822332718","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}