Alianza y Condena

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Claudio Rodriguez, Philip W. Silver, Philip W. Silver

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Swan Isle Press
15 December 2014

Poetry by individual poets; Languages & ESL; Poetry; Spanish - Bilingual Reader; Spanish - Reader; Spanish - Languages

A splash of sea foam. A sly sparrow. A man dodging the rain. From such mundane, unexpected moments, Spanish poet Claudio Rodríguez crafted his 1965 Alliance and Condemnation, a collection of poems that temper the joy of existence—the “bounty that turns my flawed breath into prayer”—with a questioning of empirical reality. In these pages are poems of love and hate, contrition and forgiveness, and the joys of sorrow and existence. Many of the poems are essentially parables that seem to address the immediacy of the world yet point beyond it toward philosophical and eternal values. The result is a conjoining of the real and the ideal, a frequent theme in Spanish literature. Many of these poems bridge the distance between the Spanish mystics, among them Saint John of the Cross and Saint Teresa, and the nature poetry of romanticism.

Of all his creations, the radiant poems in Alliance and Condemnation offer the best imaginable introduction to his extraordinary life and work.

By: Claudio Rodriguez
Introduction by: Philip W. Silver
Translated by: Philip W. Silver
Imprint: Swan Isle Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 20mm, Width: 13mm, Spine: 1mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9780983322023
ISBN 10: 0983322023
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 15 December 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Claudio Rodriguez (1934-99) was a critically acclaimed Spanish poet. Philip W. Silver is distinguished professor emeritus at Columbia University and the author of several books, including Ruin and Restitution: Reinterpreting Romanticism in Spain.

Reviews for Alianza y Condena (Spanish / English)

"""Abstract yet colloquial, Claudio Rodriguez's poetry is not easily rendered into English. Philip W. Silver's splendid translations, as precise as they are idiomatic, not only do full justice to the originals but demonstrate why Rodriguez is one of modern Spain's greatest poets."" (Gustavo Perez-Firmat, Columbia University)"""