Selected Shorter Poems

Gongora y Argote Luis De

Luis de Gongora is Spain's greatest poet of the Baroque period. He was much admired by Lorca, and Roy Campbell described him as "a symbolist who contains the whole of Mallarme and a lot more besides, a symbolist three hundred years before his time". Michael Smith's translations, in this first English bilingual edition, fluently and accurately convey the timeless qualities of Gongora's intricate and intriguing poetr

About the Author

Luis de Gongora was born in 1561 in Cordoba. He made his reputation with two major works, the "Fabula de Polifemo y Galatea" and the "Soledades". He was forced to move in search of patronage to Madrid, where his finances and health worsened. He suffered a stroke in 1626 and died a year later in Cordoba.

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