[lbo-talk] spanish poetry

[joanna]

Thank you much.

Joanna

Albert Sonntag wrote:

>Regarding Joanna's request for suggestions on Spanish poetry:  Gustavo
>Adolfo Becquer, the Spanish poet of the early nineteenth century, is very
>good on romance, love and death, but it's dated stuff.  He is easy to read
>though.  Amado Nervo, the Mexican poet, and the Cuban Jose Marti, have
>great poems of love that are written simply.  The Argentinian Alfonsina
>Storni is also clear and beautiful.  I would also recommend some of the
>shorter poems of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz on love and cruel men ("Hombres
>necios que acusais . . . ").  For your daughter's eventual reading, Luis de
>Gongora has the most beautiful and intricate Spanish, but he's very
>difficult to read because of all the hyperbatons.
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>Happy reading.
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>Albert R. Sonntag
>berto55 at earthlink.net
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