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Guillén on Guillén : the poetry and the poet / translated by Reginald Gibbons (poetry), Anthony L. Geist (commentary)

By:

Guillén, Jorge, , 1893-1984

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press , c1979.Description: 220 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

069101356X

Subject(s):

Spanish poetry -- -Translations into English

DDC classification:

861 GUI

LOC classification:

PQ6613.U5 G78

Summary: Guillen's poetry celebrates this life and things of this world. In Cantico, first published in 1928 and then substantially revised numerous times by the poet, he exalts the pure joy of being: "To be, nothing more. And that suffices." This enthusiasm for life was sustained until Clamor, when the brutal realities of the modern world broke into his joyous vision. Even so, Guillen remained optimistic about the future, and in his poem Goodbye, Goodbye, Europe, he speaks of escaping the old decaying world to an "innocent new world," a reference to the United States where he taught in universities for many years. Guillen's style is concentrated, economical, disciplined and polished, showing the influence of classical forms as well as of the gongorist style. His is a "pure poetry" from which he has attempted to remove all nonpoetic elements, such as narrative and anecdote. He has translated Paul Valery and Paul Claudel into Spanish.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	861 GUI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		057033

Includes bibliographical references.

"Main works of Jorge Guillén": p. 217.

Guillen's poetry celebrates this life and things of this world. In Cantico, first published in 1928 and then substantially revised numerous times by the poet, he exalts the pure joy of being: "To be, nothing more. And that suffices." This enthusiasm for life was sustained until Clamor, when the brutal realities of the modern world broke into his joyous vision. Even so, Guillen remained optimistic about the future, and in his poem Goodbye, Goodbye, Europe, he speaks of escaping the old decaying world to an "innocent new world," a reference to the United States where he taught in universities for many years. Guillen's style is concentrated, economical, disciplined and polished, showing the influence of classical forms as well as of the gongorist style. His is a "pure poetry" from which he has attempted to remove all nonpoetic elements, such as narrative and anecdote. He has translated Paul Valery and Paul Claudel into Spanish.

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