The Cambridge Introduction to Spanish Poetry: Spain and Spanish America
The Cambridge Introduction to Spanish Poetry comprises an extended survey of poetry written in Spanish from the Middle Ages to the present day, including both Iberian and Latin American writing. This volume offers a non-chronological approach to the subject in order to highlight the continuity and persistence of genres and forms (epic, ballad, sonnet) and of themes and motifs (love, religious and moral poetry, satirical and pure poetry). It also supplies a thorough examination of the various...
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A survey of poetry written in Spanish from the Middle Ages to the present day.
PrefaceIntroduction11Poets and readers182The interrelationship of texts393The epic and the poetry of place634The ballad and the poetry of tales855Songs and sonnets - popular and learned poetry1086Love poetry1327Religious and moral poetry1558Satire, burlesque and poetry as celebration178App.: Chronological list of poets cited199Notes202Bibliography212Index of names218Subject Index222
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